I remember talking with a friend in his final days of battling pancreatic cancer. With a smile he said, “It looks like I am going to be the first one in our small group to get promoted.” That was the last time I got to talk with my friend but the perspective he had has stuck with me to this day.
When was the last time you met with someone, maybe a friend or parent in the hospital, knowing it would be ...read on
Easter was celebrated over a month ago and many churches have moved on into new sermon series topics. My encouragement to dads is to spend some time here reading Acts and the letters contemplating how emboldened the apostles, normal men had become after Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection.
Another resource I recommend is Dr. Del Tackett’s ...read on
I am on a quest to declare May as Mother’s Day Month for two reasons – First, I was in the delivery room when our children were born and what I witnessed deserves much more than one Hallmark card day of pampering; Second, June is Father’s Day Month and I want to set the right tone for every dad to enjoy that month to the full.
In a recent documentary on her life, Jackie Kennedy Onassis is quoted as saying, ...read on
An annual tribute to my mother and an encouragement to you: She was an incredible woman. Born in 1921, she aspired to be a vocal performer. As a senior in high school, she contracted tuberculosis. Her dream to perform was no longer possible and the vocal scholarship to attend college was rescinded. She married a handsome Navy pilot just before he was deployed to the South Pacific Theater in WWII. He returned quite a different man than the one she married ...read on
I love being a dad! To have the opportunity to reflect my Heavenly Father in the home and in the lives of the children is daunting. If the doctor knew me, he would never have allowed me to walk out of the hospital with my bride holding that tiny new-born that would be completely dependent on us for everything.
I remember talking with a friend in his final days of battling pancreatic cancer. With a smile he said, “It looks like I am going to be the first one in our small group to get promoted.” That was the last time I got to talk with my friend but the perspective he had has stuck with me to this day.
Easter was celebrated over a month ago and many churches have moved on into new sermon series topics. My encouragement to dads is to spend some time here reading Acts and the letters contemplating how emboldened the apostles, normal men had become after Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection.
I am on a quest to declare May as Mother’s Day Month for two reasons – First, I was in the delivery room when our children were born and what I witnessed deserves much more than one Hallmark card day of pampering; Second, June is Father’s Day Month and I want to set the right tone for every dad to enjoy that month to the full.
She was an incredible woman. Born in 1921, she aspired to be a vocal performer. As a senior in high school, she contracted tuberculosis. Her dream to perform was no longer possible and the vocal scholarship to attend college was rescinded. She married a handsome Navy pilot just before he was deployed to the South Pacific Theater in WWII. He returned quite a different man than the one she married 
