If I Can’t Say Anything Nice…

More often than not, my mornings consist of reminders, reprimands, and rushing.  Did you pack your jacket?  Change that attitude, little mister.  If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say it at all.  Then, my children scramble out the of the...
7 Ways to Avoid the 7 Year Itch–Any Year of Your Marriage (Popular Series Re-Post-Forget About Perfection)

One Lesson I Learned from My Son

His gaze locked on what lay ahead, Connor swept past the sidelines.  He seemed oblivious to the crowd and focused on the goal.  “Time!” the official said, as my son burst across the finish line. This morning I woke up feeling like I hadn’t...
7 Ways to Avoid the 7 Year Itch–Any Year of Your Marriage (Popular Series Re-Post-Forget About Perfection)

A Scarred Tree

Twenty years before, you would have noticed a simple farmhouse with a large picture window overlooking the fields.  Now all that remains is a blackened trunk sprouting unruly branches–the memorial of a family heritage, a symbol of struggle, and the testimony of...
7 Ways to Avoid the 7 Year Itch–Any Year of Your Marriage (Popular Series Re-Post-Forget About Perfection)

Roadblocks to Intimacy with God: Part 1-Fear

I left the comforts of home today–loaded down with two children bundled safely in the mini-van–for a spring break adventure.  I’d originally planned to visit the butterfly garden outside the city limits, but changed my mind when my companions began...