In Pursuit of Truth
I was recently watching an older lecture by the late philosopher Dallas Willard and he said something that just absolutely grabbed me. "Truth does not accommodate belief, belief must accommodate truth."
View ArticleDear Mother
I was a challenging kid. Now this needs to be qualified. I excelled at school without much trouble. I didn't ever get into fist fights. I wasn't the brooding adolescent mess my older brother was. I...
View ArticleThe Pursuit of Pleasure
It is Plato who said, "The aim of education is to teach children to have victory over pleasure." Is that true?
View ArticleEvery Kid Needs a Hero
Actually let's qualify that: Every kid needs a GOOD hero! There are plenty of heroes out there that we actually don't want our kids to follow.
View ArticleParents Who Persevere
Yes, yes, we all know that parenting is hard. Let's just move on from the cliches and start talking about solutions. This year, more than any other, I have had to persevere as a dad.
View ArticleWhen Fear is Real
Nothing is quite as unnerving as waking up from a dead sleep and seeing a kid silently standing over your bed at 3am.
View ArticleRainy Day Art With Kids
On the last day of the school year I was driving my 7-year-old to his final day of classes and in the course of our conversation he told me that he didn't want school to end!
View ArticleHow to Speak to Your Middle Schooler About Sex
Nothing says summer like birds singing and bees buzzing! Why not take an afternoon to educate your Middle Schooler about one of life's most important topic, sex.
View ArticleEverything I learned from Lorelai Gilmore is wrong!
Let me tell you what I love about Netflix, it has a bunch of old TV series and movies that I watched as a kid and find appalling as an adult.
View ArticleYour marriage is your most important parenting tool!
Our culture is kid-crazy. I remember wonder what on earth was happening to our families a few years ago when Christmas cards started excluding parents.
View ArticleOur Self-Centred World
On October 15, 2015 the BBC ran an article that stated the astonishing figure that more people had died taking selfies than had been killed by sharks.
View ArticleDigital Trends and Your Kids
It's strange to think that one could get nostalgic about the old Commodore computers with their monochromatic screens (my dad was convinced that colour screens were bad for your eyes), but I do have a...
View ArticleBeing There
If your kids are in soccer then you are used the annual email requesting more coaches. I have to say being in youth ministry for almost a decade and a half that finding volunteers is pretty much the...
View ArticleEight Ways to Raise Secure Kids (Part 1)
In 1965 the Catholic philosopher, Dietrich von Hildebrand, wrote a book called The Art of Living which outlined seven "cardinal virtues" that are necessary to live a grounded life.
View ArticleEight Ways to Raise Secure Kids (Part 2)
In 1965 the Catholic philosopher, Dietrich von Hildebrand, wrote a book called The Art of Living which outlined seven "cardinal virtues" that are necessary to live a grounded life.
View ArticleEight Ways to Raise Secure Kids (Part 3)
In 1965 the Catholic philosopher, Dietrich von Hildebrand, wrote a book called The Art of Living which outlined seven "cardinal virtues" that are necessary to live a grounded life.
View ArticleEight Ways to Raise Secure Kids (Part 4)
In 1965 the Catholic philosopher, Dietrich von Hildebrand, wrote a book called The Art of Living which outlined seven cardinal virtues necessary to living a grounded life.
View ArticleEight Ways to Raise Secure Kids (Part 5)
In 1965 the Catholic philosopher, Dietrich von Hildebrand, wrote a book called The Art of Living which outlined seven cardinal virtues necessary to living a grounded life.
View ArticleEight Ways to Raise Secure Kids (Part 6)
I was fortunate to grow up on a farm with space enough to play, and toys to occupy those rare moments when my imagination failed me. Among those toys was an ancient John Deere snowmobile, of whose...
View ArticleEight Ways to Raise Secure Kids (Part 7)
If wonder is the foundation of all virtues, then gratitude is the mother of all virtues. You may struggle and struggle to be able to get a child to act good or responsible but if you can get them to be...
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