January 22, 1973
I’m taking off work this Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013. You see, my youngest daughter was born on January 22nd, and each year, with each of my daughters, I take them on a day-long father-daughter date....
View ArticleWhat do you REALLY need?
Walk up to the average person and ask them what they want. With reasonable certainty, I could guess that they would say they would want money, a new home (or current mortgage paid off), a new car, or...
View ArticleHow to Love Unconditionally
With Valentine’s Day approaching this week, much will be spent on flowers, chocolate, and small baubles as men of all ages seek to communicate in just the right way the simple words: “I love you”....
View ArticleTHROUGH the Storm
Flashback to April 27th, 2011. What do you personally remember from that day? Unless you were in Alabama or a neighboring southern state, probably not much. However, for those of us around that day,...
View ArticleThe Thought Experiment
You can have some pretty interesting conversations with kids as they can come up with some pretty interesting questions out of the blue. Just such a conversation happened earlier this week with my...
View ArticleMoms vs Dads
I was reminded earlier of the different roles moms and dads have in a child’s life as I thought about a former comedian who noted this particular difference: “A father will take his son out to a...
View ArticleA Real Church
What do you think of when you hear someone talk about church? I’m sure there are those reading this that will say a local church is a local body of believers and part of the larger church which is the...
View ArticleWhat is real freedom?
What do you think of when you think of freedom? Maybe, like most people, you probably think of things such as freedom from slavery, freedom from oppression, freedom from social injustice, and on and...
View ArticleTIME
One word. A tremendous amount of power and significance behind it. The last few weeks I’ve not had much TIME to do anything more than work, study, work some more, and try to find TIME for family in...
View ArticleThe Great Pretenders
I was walking through my living room when I noticed an upside-down cardboard box moving kind of awkward-like down the hall. Two pairs of legs from the calf down were visible. The box bumped and...
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