Making the first move

I’m not sure why grade-school romance is on my mind this week (see yesterday’s post), but I was thinking this morning about my first “date.” I’m not sure you can really call it that, seeing as I was probably 11, but it is the first time I...

Do you like me?

In these days of texting, I don’t know if kids pass notes to one another in the classroom any more, but I have vivid memories of trying to get a missive to another classmate without my teacher seeing. This was particularly important when I wanted the attentions...

There are days when I feel I’ve done at least a decent job parenting my children. There are days when I have a sinking suspicion I’ve had a “bad dad” day. And, of course, there are a whole lot of days when I’m not quite sure.  My wife,...

Sermon synopsis: Jesus’ (Awkward) Family Values

One of my favorite web sites (and I’m not sure what this says about me) is Awkward Family Photos.  I haven’t taken the time to learn how they’ve collected all these, but I can’t stop looking at the varieties of families and trying to figure out...