When I was a kid I loved jumping into the pool feet-first. Shallow end, deep end – it didn’t matter. I hated diving head-first. It scared me, even though I knew the deep end was plenty deep enough. I always thought about diving and really wanted to, but in the end I usually just jumped….
Fish in a lake that was stocked the day before. I caught these eight fish in about 90 minutes last Friday at Hume Lake. We’ve gone there for eight of the last nine years and this year was just an amazing week for the family. This was a personal highlight, as I had spent many…
This past year our family seems to have had a “battle” theme. No, we’ve not been fighting a lot among ourselves. I have two junior high boys who are at the age where “battle” is intriguing. Plus my older son & I had the privilege of visiting Washington DC & the surrounding area, which is…
The last couple of weeks I’ve taken a step back from all my cyberspace busy-ness to just enjoy what’s happening in life. I’ve still been busy, talking with churches and running my kids around and doing some writing. But I decided to take a break from the things that were starting to nag at me,…
Unfortunately, many of us would click to this post because of the title – we want to hear the latest gossip. Also unfortunately, many will click away when the realize this post is about participating in gossip. Of course, we’ve all participated in gossip – either giving or receiving it. There’s no denying that there’s…
My last post was about the importance of Making a Good Throw. Essentially, the point was that the only good throw is one that the person you are throwing to can catch. As leaders, pastors, parents…we often “throw” a vision, a directive, or an idea to our team or kids in a way that cannot be caught,…
Being the Dad of two boys, I’ve played a lot of “catch” with my sons. Both of them have very strong arms. My younger son excels at throwing a baseball, while my older son excels at throwing a football (though he throws awkwardly, like Phillip Rivers of the Chargers). Now-a-days it’s a lot of fun…