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The Immediacy of Now
Last week while visiting my sister and her family in Florida, my sons and I did what you MUST do when visiting Florida…we went to the beach! While they played in the sand, I decided to walk the shore and look for a purple shell because of my #foreverpurple love affair with Prince. The waves…
God’s Patience
Aren’t you glad God is so patient? I am. And you know why? Because he sees before the now, beyond the now, and in spite of the now. He sees us through the lens of eternity. He knows who came before us to bring us about, and he knows who will come after us…
Boys to men…
I have in the back of my mind two things with every event we attend or activity we do, “I’m making lasting memories,” and “I’m raising someone’s husband and father” (well maybe that’s three things). My goal is that by 11 they will feel comfortable with cooking full meals. I…
Having All You Need
What do you see in this picture? A stick and a few toys? Look closer…do you see it? Believe it or not this is a magnificent story of robots, daredevil planes, fighting ninjas, and a daring rescue. But, it was laid to rest for a moment while my boys took their bath. I took a…
Biblical Manhood
been thinkin’ about pastor’s sermon on sunday (dr. tony evans). he took it from genesis 32:24-32, the story of jacob and his wrestling with the angel. there was so much to the sermon, but here are a few points that resonated with me… in jacob’s old age, he blessed joseph’s sons, and he asked to…
Normalizing Death
The boys were going through their normal routine of feeding the fish before bedtime. Both fish were swimming as usual, the boys were talking to me and talking to one another when my oldest son, Jacob, noticed “Blue” (our female fish) was no longer swimming. Hudson, my 6 YO, noticed she was on her side…

