Last month, I shared a post in this series about forgiveness: Asking our kids for forgiveness when we mess up. But the reverse of that is true as well. We must forgive our kids when they mess up too. And, let’s face it. They are kids, learning how to navigate through life. They will mess ...
One of my favorite topics to read about is how to grow, as a man, in my relationship with God. Becoming the man, and the husband, and the father that God desires me to be is a passion that burns inside of me. So when I hear of a good book written for men to ...
Sometimes life throws you a curve ball. You can pay attention to it, or you can ignore it, but one way or another, it’s going to happen. I got a curve ball thrown my way this week. My grandfather received the news that he has cancer. That was a tough thing to take, especially since ...
I don’t know about you, but I find it too easy to simply take things for granted. I know, we live in an incredibly blessed society and at an incredible time. But so much of what we have we don’t appreciate because we take it for granted. Let me give you some examples: [default_list] The ...
One of the most difficult things I have to do as a dad is discipline my kids. This is almost unbearably painful to me. All to often, my desire is to let my wife deal with it completely, and avoid the situation. But that’s simply not an option. I simply can’t be that dad that ...
One of the hardest things to do sometimes is pray with my kids. And I don’t understand this. It should be one of the easiest things to do. I’m not referring to praying with my kids before a meal, or praying with my kids together at bedtime. I’m talking about praying with my kids, for ...