Have you ever noticed how difficult it is to admit when you’re wrong? If it were only children that did this I might be inclined to think it was to avoid punishment. But I think there is something else. We don’t suddenly lower our defenses when we move away from mom and dad.... [More]

Do you know what it’s like to feel the “unfairness” of life where things don’t work out the way you hope or expect? If you could only come up with some explanation, that would at least help you cope with it – help you hang on to the idea that somehow life really is... [More]

June 8-12 of 2009 our children experienced Upward Bound, where they followed Jesus’ rugged and radical journey to the mountaintops of God’s Kingdom to secure our salvation. With Angels, Geckos, and a host of costumed biblical characters leading the way around each... [More]

Father/Son Retreat at Camp Peniel outside Marble Falls, Texas, May 1-3, 2009. You can read reflections about the retreat and it’s potential place for discipleship on the pastor’s blog by clicking here.  Read More →

In the book the Princess and the Goblin, there is a little princess tucked away in a castle. While she has just about every toy imaginable to play with in her nursery, she is bored and would like some adventure. But her nurse keeps very close tabs on her and does not permit her... [More]

Psalm 127: 4 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one’s youth. After I took the picture that you see here on our Father/Son retreat to Camp Peniel last month, the scene of the father helping the son to aim his bow made me cock my head to the side in astonishment... [More]

Why should we thank God for thorns?  Imagine what we would be like if the ground had not been cursed along with our fall into sin.  Like Satan, we would pursue our own selfish desires with nothing to humble us and show us our need for God and our need for His grace.  Our selfish... [More]