2024

Merry CHRISTmas from my family to yours. As we celebrate the greatest gift of all-time, I praise the Lord for the gift of you and your partnership in the ministry of Faithful Fathering. May the Lord bless you and keep you through the new year. Godspeed.

What is your perspective on peace? Per Webster’s dictionary, it is defined as “freedom from disturbance; tranquility.” I guess you could have ear buds in, or noise-cancelling headphones on, and be oblivious to the world around you. The experience would be undisturbed and tranquil, even…

Joy to the World may be easy to sing but joy in this world can be elusive with all the end-of-year busy-ness? What does it even mean to be joyful? One example is King David’s celebration when the ark of God was brought to the City…

This is a BUSY time of year. There are the year-end deadlines and reports to wrap up. Fun stuff. And then there is the holiday busy-ness – office parties, cards to get out, tree and house decorating, travel plans and gatherings with relatives. Is there…

There is hope. As the 24/7 news cycle produces what seems to be a never-ending litany of bad news, a Christian dad is to reflect what it means to be hope-filled. While he cannot ignore the media, he can maintain a healthy perspective by keeping…

Kids spell love T - I – M - E. That is time with you, dad. Our son and daughter-in-law just had their second child, a little girl. I dutifully handed the veteran dad his second jar of 936 marbles when they brought the newborn…

I was blessed to attend the National Coalition of Ministries to Men National Conference this past weekend. Of the ministries represented, I was impressed with the number of organizations focused on pornography – how it is destroying marriages and distorting what healthy relationship looks like…

I am thankful for you and your heart for committing to be the dad you are called to be. Faithful Fathering is working to make a few resources easily accessible for your use during a particular season of the year. Here, I am asking you to…

Dad is a superhero to a child, at least up to a certain age. The expectations are high. Dad is to be big, strong, quick enough to catch a falling kid, simple enough to play games, skilled enough to bandage a wound and soft enough…

In a small group discussion, five dads were talking about how hard it is to be real and vulnerable as men. One man confided that when he succumbed to temptation, he would retreat to his ‘cave’, isolating himself from others. Another dad confessed he was…