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Help for fathers today
Each photograph shows a father with his children or grandchildren. The photos have titles—"Playing Chase," "Roller Dad," "Like Father, Like Daughter," "Backyard Little Leaguers," "Barbershop," "Story Time," "A Father Leaves for War." Together, the effect is funny, encouraging, warm, touching, and instructive. One gets a sense of how vital the role of "dads" actually is, and how important it is for every father to realize that fact and take seriously his own responsibility.
The collection of photographs is from Life with Father, a book published earlier this year, compiled by the editors of Life magazine. In the introduction, veteran father and newsman Tom Brokaw reminds us that fatherhood carries with it both large "expectations" and "an enormously complex collective 'image.'" He draws this contrast: "In Ecclesiasticus it is written, 'Let us now praise famous men, and our fathers that begat us.' Today a poster in a New York City school warns, 'Don't make a baby if you can't be a father.'"

October 30, 1995 issue
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God's power unmasks fearsome images
Warren Bolon
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What does spiritualism have to do with me?
Jan Kassahn Keeler
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Encircling the globe
by Kim Shippey
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No shelter for resentment
Denise R. Cupp
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God's power found in stillness
Hilma Orr
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Samuel listened
Eva-Maria Hogrefe
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How to follow God without swerving
Edwin G. Leever
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Help for fathers today
William E. Moody
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The truth about pain
Mary Metzner Trammell
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We sometimes learn more about God's love and care for us...
Vivian W. Luckie
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One morning when I woke up, I had some red things on me
Katie McKelvie with contributions from Kenneth H. McKelvie
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Two years ago, when I was picking up my little granddaughter...
Talitha Tomazzoli