tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5674208137059587745Mon, 07 Oct 2024 04:16:16 +0000Hi, we're Seth and Rachel Rader. Roots is our blog about real family with real matters and real foundations that was designed to help guide all couples in their marriage. We believe marriage requires solid foundations to build on and un-quenching determination to endure. We hope you find useful advice to help you in your family and marriage! We encourage you to join our mailing list and please share your thoughts by commenting on posts. - Seth & Rachelhttp://roots4life.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)Blogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5674208137059587745.post-6950364581964545424Mon, 23 Feb 2015 15:32:00 +00002015-02-23T10:32:57.598-05:00 Body builders and power lifters practice this, ergonomic chair makers design for this, parents watch this in their children for years but never see it.  Let it begin... Standing near the front at my church often leads to seeing many people come to the alter, kneeling, laying before God or just crying out, but what struck me the most is that as I watched others do this my knees begin http://roots4life.blogspot.com/2015/02/we-were-made-for-this.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5674208137059587745.post-5742175222320442328Sun, 08 Feb 2015 23:45:00 +00002015-02-08T18:53:22.209-05:00Do you remember being challenged as a child?  Double-dog dares, or God forbid the triple-dog dares with no backsies! God knows that desire in me keeps me going; it pushes me to do what I wouldn't allow in my comfort bubble at other times.  It's that desire of being "the one" to have done that, or having accomplished that, or even to have just lived that. Dead battery(jump-starters http://roots4life.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-wall-builder-challenge.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5674208137059587745.post-6893796786130283354Mon, 26 Jan 2015 16:14:00 +00002015-01-26T11:14:45.844-05:00Every year a couple from church preaches a foundational message about marriage, how to keep it strong, keeping Christ in the focus of it, and how to re-engage each other as not only husband and wife but as best friends.  A main focus they hit on is the dying life of intimacy among married couples and the crucial need to bring it back.  Half of the congregation always roll their eyes http://roots4life.blogspot.com/2015/01/7-day-challenge.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5674208137059587745.post-3936217488740964697Mon, 26 Jan 2015 02:25:00 +00002015-01-25T21:38:27.216-05:00One month ago today my wife sprinted into the bedroom excitedly screaming what sounded like "wha-wha-wha-wha" at 5 am, but I soon discovered to be the announcement of our first pregnancy.  After panic, peace, joy, fear, anxiety and an uncontrollable urge to tell someone came in waves I grabbed a hold of the fact.    Unprepared... A very wise man pulled my wife and I http://roots4life.blogspot.com/2015/01/tiny-gummy-bear-life.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0