Trickle-down imagination, SD Smith calls it: “We want to share [things] that will inspire, encourage, and foster holy imagination in you. Children become engaged when we are engaged.” (Why Story […]
The Easter Gift – A Book for Advent?
Advent is a season of anticipation. When Christmas comes, we celebrate the arrival of our Savior! But before that, we identify with the children of Israel and their generations of […]
Lying Down on the Job
See the young father coming home from work. He is bone-tired, especially between the ears. If this was the late 1950s, he would kiss his wife on the way through […]
Ragamuffin Parenting
I love this section from the preface to Brennan Manning’s The Ragamuffin Gospel: [The gospel is] for the bedraggled, beat-up and burnt-out. It is for the sorely burdened who are […]
Sorry, Kids – I’m All the Dad You’ve Got
The thought comes in various moments; sitting at dinner, driving across town, lying awake at night: God has entrusted me with the care of a beautiful woman, two precious girls, […]