In their corner The sport of boxing is one of the best metaphors for life and its many challenges. As your kids learn to “roll with the punches” in life, their ability to stay “off the ropes” will be largely based on who they have “in their corner”. When you tell your child that you will […]
A purpose Granddads…let’s talk! First, if you are a granddad, I encourage you to read this. If you’re not but know one, please pass it on and encourage him to read it. Have you ever stopped to think why God has allowed you to live this long? Was it to reach the retirement age at […]
Talk isn’t cheap You can’t imagine what it means to your children to hear it. If you read our last post and watched this video you now understand just how much what we say to our kids matters. Talk isn’t always cheap. You likely never heard them yourself so you might not recognize these four […]
A personal investment LETTERS…are slowly becoming a lost art. Why have they been such a tremendous source of communication for centuries? Is it because they are something that has been created by the sender personally and involved the investment of time? People love handmade objects. Letters are like that! And most times they are written […]
Biblical truth Stand up… speak out is a call to each of us in this very divisive time of our country, which by the way is merely composed of a nation of millions of families. Dads, it’s beyond time to stand strong, firm in your convictions about Biblical truth and to act decisively for the […]
May I ask you a question? Your family…our passion! When one is passionate about some cause, someone, some thing; it compels them to take steps to satisfy or fulfill that passion. People will go to great lengths or spend huge sums of time and/or money to get it! Passion is defined as ‘any powerful or […]
Responsibility Discipline…seems to be lacking in the lives of the majority of people today. You see it everywhere with families and unruly children. Many kids have never been given boundaries. They are flailing at life, acting out their frustrations in poor and sometimes violent ways. I was watching some pro football today and you see […]
Conscious conviction INTENTIONALITY…is a powerful display of conscious conviction. At least that’s how I see it. I am sure the dictionary would define it as a ‘state of being intentional.’ Those are always so helpful, so definitive and clarifying. Don’t you just love it! I would go further to even say that it means: I […]
No excuses God is accessible to everyone and no one really has an excuse for not finding Him. The wonders of creation, the written word (Bible), miracle of birth and life all point to Him. “For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are […]
Persevere in parenting EXERCISING…is somewhat like parenting. Some days just seem to be harder than others. I was working out on the elliptical bike as usual but today I just didn’t seem to have my normal energy. A little way into it I had the thoughts of just blowing it off, or at least cutting […]