Did you know it’s a godly skill to avoid being over-critical? Our world is hurting, friends, but if our answer to that pain is a Biblical spanking, we’re guilty of the same deception as our more commonly recognized ‘sinful’ behavior. (more…) Read more
In my midwest home, winter is a dreary time. It’s a season I associate with the gripping darkness of depression and sadness. The daylight hours grow shorter. The coldness persists. And it seems like we’re always shoveling out. Whether you fight the urge or give in, it’s easy to feel like that season will never end. I was pondering it one morning while sitting at home with my kids while we awaited the burning off of yet another two-hour school... Read more
It takes sacrificial love to go to the park with the family at the end of the week, or to spend your Saturday teaching your son to ride his bike instead of hanging out with your friends. Oh, but as you do, look back over your shoulder and see if you can’t spot your wife watching from the window, smiling as you and your children play. If you want to be the man of your wife’s dreams, you need to make a... Read more
I don’t know if my Dad liked baseball all that much, but I know he loved me. My fondest memories as a boy were when my dad would take time in the evenings to play baseball with us. We lived a mile out of town surrounded by cornfields. We had a nice yard for playing baseball with a row of evergreen trees that served well as an outfield wall. Some of them were overgrown and occasionally we would lose a ball in the trees... Read more
“God couldn’t be everywhere, so he made mothers”. Although this saying has been attributed to several people, it’s no less true. (more…) Read more
Mother’s Day is just around the corner. It’s the day that we honor mothers and more than that, we honor all women. As men, we celebrate the women who are in our lives and the women who have shaped our lives. To the women who are reading this today, we honor your dreams! (more…) Read more
Have you ever built a tree-house? What would you do if your son asked you to build him a tree-house? Quality time with your children is important, but how much of that quality time are you really giving them? Listen to this heart-wrenching podcast and be motivated to spend more time with your sons and daughters. (more…) Read more
Some people excel at being SINGLE and some don’t. So what is the difference? The first thing is to understand and accept that it is OK to be single. Second, we must be aware of the advantages of being single and how one should live in light of these advantages. (more…) Read more
If you ever go into a bookstore, and you look for books on living life, you find all kinds of books on being a husband or wife, on how to raise your boys, on Mothering in a godly way or being a parent, but you don’t find hardly any books on living life well as a Single. (more…) Read more
Discipline is a word that you hardly hear today. We just don’t use it very much. Discipline has vacated almost every aspect of our lives. We have abolished it from our vocabulary. The word discipline is still used in some circles – such as sports – especially when it comes to Olympians. But in most of our culture it has all but disappeared. (more…) Read more
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