I would not trade our son Daniel for all the world, much less a little more comfort and the appearance of security in it. Being uncomfortable, as it turned out, pushed as to grow.More
Category Archives: Family
What It Means to be Good Men
Maybe what it means to be good men is that we turn our back on the frivolous, unscrupulous naysayers and walk away from them. Tune them out. They’re not really listening anyway.More
Swiping Left on the Dating Scene
A Paul Washer sermon was recently sent to me on the topic of dating and marriage. I’m writing a book on marriage, so I was keen to give a listen and consider what he has to say. More
Homeschool Dances, Hiking in the Mountains, and Burke On Beauty
Some Billie Jean and Rick Astley combined with perhaps too much lemonade, but made their telling of the whole business pure comedic gold, and their mother and I laughed until we cried.More
New Furniture for the Kiddos
If you ask me, there is something almost therapeutic about finding tangible ways to experiment with greater efficiency and work flow with how we engage our spaces and what we do in them.More
Bittersweet Reflections on Selling Our First Home
As we celebrate the bittersweet reality of selling our first home, we know our hopes to be more choosy this time around as we see the last chapter closing and a new one beginning.More
But Seek the Welfare of the City
What if God himself were to tell us the answer to our present troubles was building a nice house, planting a pleasant garden, taking a pretty wife, and having lots of children with her?More
Little House on the Prairie and Star Trek The Next Generation
Laura Ingalls Wilder and Gene Roddenberry answered these questions very differently. And speaking personally, I think Ms. Laura had the right of it by being humbler and more down-to-earth.More
I Want to Talk About Bruno and Disney’s Encanto
Encanto may just be a new favorite as it tackles some weighty issues where family dynamics are concerned while at the same time being lively, fun, colorful, and entertaining.More
How Psalm 127 Reads Differently After the Birth of Our Seventh Son
Now more than ever, I should understand our situation better in light of what God’s Word says here. So how does a father of eight children and seven sons read this passage?More