I have fond memories from my childhood of riding in my parent’s Oldsmobile station wagon and listening to Paul Harvey. Almost everyone my age and older seems to have memories of Paul Harvey. His voice and delivery were just part … Continue reading →
I don’t usually write about tragedies and other events in the news, but today I felt compelled to share a few thoughts…. Years ago, I was a marathon runner. The months of training were over when the starting gun was … Continue reading →
I write about ‘things’ a lot in my Favorite Things Friday posts, but many times my favorite things are not things at all. This Friday I’m writing about one of my favorite things to do…go on a date with my … Continue reading →
Today is our ninth wedding anniversary. Nine years isn’t a long time in comparison to a lot of couples we know who have been married forty or fifty years, but it’s a solid start. The United States Census Bureau says … Continue reading →
Every parent struggles with challenging decisions when raising children. Our end goal is to raise children who will eventually leave us and build lives that are successful, happy and centered on God. But too many of our children are struggling … Continue reading →
It seems that the most valuable thing we have is our time. Each day we only have 24 hours. We know that a certain number of those hours will hopefully be spent sleeping, eating and attending to the basic needs … Continue reading →
This is a follow-up of sorts to the post I wrote last Tuesday about swearing. We’ve all had this experience… we are shopping along in our favorite store when a nearby parent decides to start cussing their child. My wife … Continue reading →
What is Geocaching you ask? As defined by Wikipedia – “Geocaching is an outdoor recreational activity, first played in May 2000, in which the participants use a GPS or mobile device and other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers, … Continue reading →
I recently picked up a ClearPlay DVD player for the youth room at our church. What’s a ClearPlay you ask? It’s a DVD player that filters out offensive content from movies. The kids watch movies on the big screen all … Continue reading →
Today’s ‘Favorite Thing Friday’ is actually a gift that I picked up for our 5 year-old daughter. A few weekends ago I gave her a Carson Microbrite pocket microscope so she could explore the world around her. I was going … Continue reading →
