I both shudder and celebrate when I perform a wedding. A beautiful couple stands before me who has worked hard to arrive at the start of their marriage. They deserve to be celebrated! A few rows from the stage sits a beaming and beautiful eight-year-old girl with a toothless grin. That beaming and beautiful eight…
My wife has a knack for being painfully honest. A few months ago I came home from work and was telling Christi about my day—who I talked to, what I did, and quite a bit about the projects I had cooking. Visibly irritated, and nearly in tears, Christi looked at me and was—well, painfully honest….
I was exhausted, and quite honestly ready for bed. Yet, my wife was relentless. Honey, I really want to go out to one nice dinner with you before we leave town. Please, will you get dressed up?” she pleaded. Never mind that it was already 9:30pm and I just finished working one of the longest…
Being the father of two darling little girls, I’m often reminded of their timeless lives, that is, the lives they live without concept of time. Recognizing little more than whether the sun is “awake or asleep”, they’re content to take each day as it comes. This principle is magnified when an exciting event is on…
What does it mean to be a parent? It may be easy to assume that the answer to that question has always been the answer, across times and cultures. The values we have as parents, the beliefs we have about ourselves, perhaps we assume they are as indelible as the scriptures themselves. But that just…
