When Dreams Die

Why does God allow dreams to die?
I asked Him that a few months ago and thought that I heard Him answer: Because I love you.
Years ago, I used to bring that dream out of my pocket every once in a while, dust it off and look at it, wonder if it would happen.  “God, [...]

Lessons Learned While Camping

For our vacation this year, we went camping in North Carolina near where I would go when I was a boy.  I have fond memories of camping there and I wanted to share it with my family.  Unlike our previous camping trip last year, the weather was less than ideal:  it rained. A lot.
If you [...]

For Our Struggle…

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.
-Eph. 6:12

I caught this verse on the way out the door this morning and noticed the words, “For our struggle…” The thought occurs [...]

Balance in Worship

We stayed home from church today–slept in and had church at home.  It is a struggle sometimes to engage the boys in worship.  They’ll mumble the words and look bored while my wife and I try to connect with God.
I sometimes ignore them, but at other times try to engage them and rouse them out [...]

Sixteen

A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
–Ecc 4:12
This year hasn’t been what we expected, and sometimes it has seemed like we’ve been testing the cord some.  Will it hold?
But that Third Strand is strong enough to support the other two.
Thanks for being strong and always pointing toward the light.  I can’t see very [...]

Meet the Family

One of the first things we did to christen our white board, was that each member drew a caricature of the family.  Here are the results.
This is my attempt.  The triangle in ~D~’s hand is a Lego ship, where ~K~ is holding a paint brush to highlight his creativity.

My wife’s drawing highlights each of our [...]

Fumbling through Fatherhood

I was working on the molding in the hallway as the boys were doing their weekly chores–cleaning, vacuuming, each wearing their headphones and listening to “Adventures in Odyssey” on MP3 players.
(An aside:  I sometimes wonder if we use AIO as a pacifier to keep our kids in line–it seems to turn them from rambunctious boys [...]

Playing Hooky from Church

My wife wasn’t scheduled for prayer team, and I wasn’t scheduled for either worship team or running the sound board. So we decided to stay home from church, and have church at home, instead.
We sang several worship songs and “acted out” the passage in Daniel 6 where Daniel is thrown into the lion’s den, by [...]