Whatever happened to just hanging out? Everything these days is so planned out and structured that there is rarely time for unstructured hang-out time. I remember randomly showing up to a friend's house as a kid to see what they were doing. One friend in particular, I knew we were close when I was told …
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"The thing that kept you safe as a kid is going to ruin your adulthood." -John Delony I am not so sure about this Dr. Delony. No monster has eaten my feet off so far because I never leave my feet uncovered when I sleep, so your theory is busted. Ohhh...you mean habits or traits …
"While God remains faithful to people and His promise, He will honor their choices and let them waste their whole lives if they choose to live in rebellion." What a scary place to be. It makes me think back to some of my high school coaches. Some of them would yell so much and you …
This past weekend my oldest daughter had a softball tournament. The tournament was going great until...the ump made a bad call in the championship game. It was a close game and our girls lost by one run. And that run you could blame on an error. An error that many parents thought was caused by …
"I learned meaningfulness is found in how you do something, not just in what you do." -Jefferson Bethke "I am just a painter. That's not very meaningful at all.""Can you explain to me why it isn't?""Well, I mean all I do is paint other people's houses. That's not very life-changing. And no one is really …
"Sit on the edge of your bed and ask yourself, 'What's one thing I am doing wrong that I know I am doing wrong that I could fix that I would fix.'"-Dr. Jordan B. Peterson Yeah, hard pass. Who wants to have their flaws pointed out to themselves? Then if I become aware of something …
"I am so proud of you! That was awesome!" "Are you kidding me?! I almost died!" It was my youngest daughter's birthday recently, and I had been promising to buy her a new bike since she had outgrown it. So of course we had to take it out for a test ride. The kids and …
Are friendships and building community a priority in your life? Or instead of building relationships, are you so busy that you have no free time to connect with others? Or possibly you are so focused on working you never take time to build relationships? Why is investing in friendships good for your family? For starters, …
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Have you ever felt stuck in life? Do you feel like there are no other options and this is your lot in life and nothing will ever change? Oh, you don't. Ok, good me neither. Who am I kidding, these feelings pop up all the time for me. They usually show up after I have …
"The world can do nothing with your kid at 13 if you failed to teach them to listen at 2." Dad Talk Today We are going to see the truth of this played out in the years to come as kids who were given phones as pacifiers grow up. I will admit it for all …