Monthly Archives: August 2016

“If the first rule of love is astonished recognition (‘This at last is bone from my bones, and flesh from my flesh!’ – Gen. 2:23 JB), the second is that ‘a man leaves his father and his mother and cleaves … Continue reading →

Last weekend Aleta and I had the pleasure of moving our daughter into her new college apartment as she begins her second year of college. Over the summer we had to store some of her stuff, and her future roommate’s … Continue reading →

It feels like it was almost as soon as my kids finally slept through the night, and no longer deprived me of sleep, they decided to grow up and stay out late with their friends and so deprive me of sleep. … Continue reading →

  Little kids always find a way to turn the ordinary into the dangerous, the magical, and the adventurous. This last week our local church installed a decorative 3-foot high perimeter fence around our corner lawn area. Every Sunday after … Continue reading →

One of the things I realized about myself during my vacation this summer was that I had unknowingly put myself in a season of getting things done. A former co-worker defined this as my “go-mode.” I fall into go-mode when … Continue reading →

All through the summer I’ve had the pleasure of co-teaching a parenting seminar with my wife Aleta at Mount Hermon Christian Conference Center. It was a lot of fun to work together on the content, and even more fun to … Continue reading →

During my vacation this summer my family did some of those fun “stay-cation” things you can do here in beautiful NorCal. We went to see a movie together, we ate out, we went into San Francisco to visit the new … Continue reading →

My family and I were on our way home from a beautiful week at the south shore of Lake Tahoe. It had been a long drive, but it was time to get some gas and use the facilities. We stopped, … Continue reading →

“Do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day’s own trouble be sufficient for the day” – Jesus

“In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.” – Albert Einstein