The 31 day Proverbs challenge
This month my wife and I have been reading through the book of Proverbs together. We have been reading through one chapter a day as it has 31 chapters. We read it first in the New International Version (NIV) which my wife uses and then we read it in the New Living Translation (NLT) which I use [...]
Courageous fatherhood movie
Just saw the trailer of this movie called Courageous. As a dad I am really looking forward to seeing it. Casting Crowns also does the title song.
Being a good dad
One of my key joys and responsibilities in this life is being a Dad. It ranks up as my second most important things I do. First is trying to walk with Jesus everyday. Second is being the best husband and Dad I can be. Being a good Dad didn’t come naturally to me. To be [...]
Growing kids with healthy self esteem
One of the things I struggled with until I was about 30 years old was self esteem. I really had a poor self image and this effected everything I did. As a parent now I determined to really build into my kids and help them to have a positive view on themselves. I wanted them [...]
Fathers and being a filter
One of the things I am convinced is that as Christian fathers we need to be a filter for our kids. We need to strain out some of the bad things that world sees as normal. I was reminded of this again this morning. We received a “teen” magazine in the mail. It is one [...]