Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

I’m a pushover for kids. Especially if the child has some type of disease or disorder that puts him or her at a higher risk for being teased and abused by peers. This sympathy probably stems from personal experience, but admittedly, I choke back tears when watching Hallmark commercials.
Twenty months ago when visiting friends at [...]

Freebie Friday

When you need your eyes and hands for something other than a good book, there’s the audio route. I prefer MP3s for their versatility. You can burn them on CDs and play them in most modern CD or DVD players, upload them to an iPod or stream them to a networked media device. And if [...]

Twenty touches

Each night my children and I spend anywhere between fifteen minutes and two hours together. Most of that time is spent reading before bedtime, but that time is also used to reconnect.
Many years ago, my wife and I attended a Gary Smalley seminar where he briefly mentioned the importance of touch. It’s something we all [...]

Stepping Into Autumn

Nothing brings a skip to my heart with the anticipation of fun and excitement like Autumn. As God’s carefully orchestrated song of color, odor and sounds fill the cool fall breeze, the hot angry days of summer come to a close and the cold bitter days of winter are still distant enough to forget [...]

D-A-D-D-Y needs C-O-F-F-E-E

This video drives me crazy. I can’t get enough… it’s more addicting than the caffeine from the liquid that inspired it.

Edit: The Coffee Song is written and performed by Ralph’s World. Sheer Genius Fun! Go check out the sample songs online then buy the CD from Amazon – it has exclusive bonus videos ($11.99).
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Lame

I used to lead worship for our church’s children regularly for about 8 years. During that time I found it necessary to ask kids if they knew what they were singing about.
I recall reading some humorous notes from school teachers where a class had been required to write out the pledge of allegiance (to the [...]

“Nothing Better to Do”

Several days ago my youngest daughter, three, started learning about Jesus’ crucifixion. We’ve spoken to her about it before, but this was the first time she actually understood it to some extent.
M to Mommy in an excited voice: “Is it true? Is Jesus Really Coming Back?”Mommy: “Yes. He’s coming back someday.”M: “Yay!” (Spins around [...]