How we talk to our kids about gay marriage & other tough questions, Part 2

Kids ask a lot of questions; it’s their job. As I said last week, as parents, our job is to answer them. Hayley asked an innocent enough question at the lunch table the other day from which a very interesting discussion arose. Naturally, I was the sole adult representation home at the time (where’s Brian [...]

How we talk to our kids about gay marriage & other tough questions

Photo by Oberazzi An interesting conversation bloomed at the lunch table with our 7 and 9 year olds the other day. One small question turned into a full-blown discussion about gay marriage and I thought I’d let you in on how it all went. But you’ll have to come back next Monday for that. Today [...]

Mundane things for God

As a brief recap of my recent brain swirls, I was talking about my struggle to know that my purpose is all around me, right now, in my “mundane” life, and that fulfilling one’s purpose doesn’t happen only when a book is published, a keynote speech is made or a Nobel Peace Prize is won. [...]

Uganda, a former atheist & more

I’m short on time, thus the bullet points: We’re planning a mission trip to Uganda this summer.  You can read more about it here. I finished The Shack.  My thoughts coming soon.  Next up, Katt’s in the Cradle by Ginger Kolbaba and Christy Scannell.  It’s a novel about pastors’ wives.  I’m more of a nonfiction [...]

There’s hope

Discovering Facebook has been both a blessing and a curse. A blessing because it has provided me the opportunity to reconnect with lots of long-lost friends and a curse because it has provided me the opportunity to see the foolishness and brokenness of my youth through older & a little wiser eyes (not that I [...]

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