“Make a clean break with all cutting, backbiting, profane talk. Be gentle with one another, sensitive.” – Ephesians 4:31 Les walked through the front door of our home this week, set a copy of the Wall Street Journal on the…
I just realized that this morning. Sure, we love all things Mary Poppins, and we’ve watched The Lion King enough to reenact the whole screenplay verbatim. But when push comes to shove, I just can’t get behind the whole Happily…
For Millennial dads, life can sometimes leave us feeling like walking contradictions. We hear about how we Millennials are all individualists to the core. We look out for Number One and dismiss the rest. “Forget others,” we are told we…
I recently went on a popular website to get a look at my ancestors. Truth be told, I was hunting to see if I could find any family members who might possibly be on the Cherokee Indian Roll. What I…
If you are like my family, you love basking in the pleasure of summer break. There are no tests, science fair projects, homework, or anything else that resembles school. This also means your child is at home all day long,…
My wife and I don’t have children, and the most I had ever been involved with family ministry at our church was the three-year period that we spent volunteering in the four-year-old class on Sunday morning, where our largest victory…
We live in a fatherless generation where we have seen deep wounds emerge and lives become crippled. In Escape the Lie, Walker Moore talks about this deep-seated problem known as the Orphan Heart. He inspires readers to overcome these wounds…
Last week, my schedule landed me in a hospital exam room, sitting uncomfortably on a plasticky couch, filling out miles of paperwork, and watching as an awkward young doctor ran various assessments on my delayed four-year-old son, Jude. This isn’t…
“Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves.” – Romans 12:10 John, our teenager, was looking forward to a weekend event with his buddies at church. But he never got to go. Why? Because each…
