Hear, O sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention that you may gain understanding. —Proverbs 4:1 Dad, is it possible you’ve gotten overly committed, so involved in your work or some away-from-home project or hobby that it is draining your time and energy with your family? I understand, believe me, I do. . […]
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Count Your Blessings
Read Psalm 95. Sometimes when you don’t feel like praying, or you’re consumed with needing to speak to the Lord but can’t gather the words, try that old standby—count your many blessings, count them one by one. It’s amazing how you can get carried away from worries and woes and self concern when you start […]
Read MoreBecoming Real
While driving to work today, my attitude wasn’t so great. More often than not, I’m a bit like Tigger from Winnie-the-Pooh, but today I felt like Eeyore. I know in my head that stress and demands exhaust my spirit, but the journey from my head to my heart is a long one. On days like […]
Read MoreA Tribute
May 2011 will forever be etched in my memory. Only eight months after being diagnosed with lung cancer, my father moved into full-time in-home hospice care. After receiving his phone call informing me that his prognosis was not good, I left my family in the UK to fly to the western shores of the USA […]
Read MoreA Gallery of Memories
Our past is like an art gallery. Walking down those corridors of our memory is like walking through an art gallery. On the walls are all of yesterday’s pictures: our home, our childhood, our parents, our rearing, the heartaches, the difficulties, the joys and triumphs as well as the abuses and the inequities of our […]
Read MoreA Better Way to Train Up A Child
Train up a child in the way he should go, Even when he is old he will not depart from it. (Proverbs 22:6) Proverbs 22:6 is probably the best-known passage on the issue of childrearing and, ironically, the most misunderstood. One classic interpretation of this proverb goes this way: Be sure your kids attend Sunday […]
Read MoreWhen the Bible Sinks In
The call to my desk came out of the blue. After a harried introduction to the urgent problem, my wife put my 3-year-old son, Lucas, on the line. He had scribbled on our new living room sofa with a ballpoint pen, and she called me to engage in the uncomfortable ritual of tele-discipline (in other […]
Read MoreHonouring Men of Character
As a more serious complement to my article “It’s a Guy’s Life,” which shed light on the humorous side of being a man, I’ve created my own list, honouring men of character. Men who are called on to provide loving care to individuals who cannot function on their own face sobering realities and unique demands. […]
Read MoreFor Dads
I don’t often recommend a volume without reservation, but I think every man should read Temptations Men Face by Tom Eisenman. I’m not saying I agree with everything in it, or that you will, but it’s one of those works that deserves being read . . . especially by men. I appreciate Tom’s candour and […]
Read MoreAn Ordinary Home Can Be a Holy Place
The word holy means “set apart” for a specific purpose—like the linen and silverware you use only on holidays. As a place where the truth about God and His Word is modeled, your home can be a holy place—set apart for His children to grow. “Our home? Holy?” Yes! But . . . It Starts […]
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