Tim talks about the Ninth Law of Fences. Good fences require action. Many times we fail with establishing and maintaining good fences because we refuse to make the tough choice, have the difficult conversation, or do the thing we fear the most.
This teaching arc is based on the book “Boundaries”, by Dr. Cloud and Dr. Townsend, and is supplemented by their other books, Boundaries in Marriage, Boundaries for Teens, and Boundaries for Kids.
How do we know the difference between a Godly desire and an envious desire? How do we get what we want? The 8th Law of Fences is discussed by Tim and the class.
This teaching arc is based on the book “Boundaries”, by Dr. Cloud and Dr. Townsend, and is supplemented by their other books, Boundaries in Marriage, Boundaries for Teens, and Boundaries for Kids.
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Tim discusses the 6th Law of Fences, The Law of Evaluation, and the difference between hurt and harm. He shares Cloud and Townsend’s 4 Rules for Evaluating Pain.
This teaching arc is based on the book “Boundaries”, by Dr. Cloud and Dr. Townsend, and is supplemented by their other books, Boundaries in Marriage, Boundaries for Teens, and Boundaries for Kids.
Tim discusses the 5th Law of Fences, The Law of Motivation, and how to move from selfish, immature motives to other-centered, mature motivations. These maturing motivations will provide us with the ability to live with boundaries that are not only right, but beneficial as well.
This teaching arc is based on the book “Boundaries”, by Dr. Cloud and Dr. Townsend, and is supplemented by their other books, Boundaries in Marriage, Boundaries for Teens, and Boundaries for Kids.
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Trudi picks up our teaching of the Ten Law of Fences by focusing on the fourth law – the law of respect.
This teaching arc is based on the book “Boundaries”, by Dr. Cloud and Dr. Townsend, and is supplemented by their other books, Boundaries in Marriage, Boundaries for Teens, and Boundaries for Kids.
Made a small change to the website today that makes it possible to listen to the class directly from your iPhone – without downloading through iTunes.
Of course, the easiest way to listen to each new entry is to subscribe in iTunes. Each new entry is automatically downloaded when you go into iTunes. (If you don’t know how to do this, post a comment and we’ll give you some simple instructions.)
But if you’re on the go, and don’t want to go through the (minor) hassle, just come to the website and click the link that says, “Listen to the [date] class”.
Hope that helps!
Listen to the January 24, 2010 class
Tim continues our look at Ten Laws of Fences. These are the observations of how fences work. As we understand, and work with them, we are able to establish and maintain healthy relational and functional property lines in our lives.
This teaching arc is based on the book “Boundaries”, by Dr. Cloud and Dr. Townsend, and is supplemented by their other books, Boundaries in Marriage, Boundaries for Teens, and Boundaries with Kids.
Listen to the January 17th class
Tim leads the discussion in this entry, talking about the problems that are common when trying to establish boundaries. He then begins looking at the Ten Laws of Fences.
This teaching arc is based on the book “Boundaries”, by Dr. Cloud and Dr. Townsend, and is supplemented by their other books, Boundaries in Marriage, Boundaries for Teens, and Boundaries for Kids.
