This week I’ll be heading to a place I’m not supposed to go. For that reason, I would appreciate your prayers. Decisions are being made that will affect lives for years to come. Here at home that is true,...
I was told that affection between a husband and wife is to be private. Specifically, they shouldn’t kiss in front of their kids. Really? Well how about this?
The road is sometimes rough and filled with potholes. Is that a bad thing? A friend, referring to a questionable relationship in which he was involved, stated, “This must be okay, since everything is going so smoothly. I mean—it...
There is no winning, no victory—you just have to keep moving forward an hour at a time, and hope you can do it just one more day. This is the consolation offered on a major television program to a...
The moment we become fathers, our lives have new meaning. Our responsibilities and duties change, but our focus does as well. No matter what kind of fathers we become, our lives will never be the same–at least they shouldn’t.
The world of medicine is a strange and frightening place in America right now, and it has many people nervous—as it should. Out of frustration with spiraling health costs, the question I hear most often is, “What are doctors...
We labor diligently, especially if it’s work to which God has called us. But when that labor hurts those we love, perhaps it’s time to take a closer look. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t do it, it means we...
From the moment the doctor says, “It’s a girl!” we fathers witness the surfacing of a phenomenon that was placed within us by God. The emotions that appear seemingly from nowhere include an innate sense of protection, love, and awe that...