I love baseball (long-suffering Padres fan!), but I only played one year of Little League as a kid. My sons, Garret & Taylor, both played. We all had very different experiences, but we all learned some valuable life lessons. 5 Valuable Life Lessons Learned From Little League 1. Swing like you mean it. This is something… Continue reading
As a father of two amazing young men, every day is like Father’s Day to me. I have been incredibly blessed by them. And I was blessed with the world’s greatest Dad – at least the greatest one I could ever imagine. So my experiences as a Dad and with my own Dad have been amazingly… Continue reading
A normal morning for me when I’m not on the road: go to the office and dive into the work I love to do – helping leaders locally & around the world impact children for Christ! But sometimes I get distracted. Not long ago I was sitting in my office – distracted. I had intended… Continue reading
I have two amazing sons. As any parent, I like to brag about my “boys” who have now become young men. And, also as any parent, I want nothing but the best for them. My wife and I long to see them fulfill whatever it is that God has planned for them, and to continue to… Continue reading
Parents, don’t you wish that children came with a “Users Manual”? It seems that, of all things, there ought to be some official guide to parenting. But there’s not. And, as young parents, sometimes it takes a little while to grasp certain ideas and principles – realities – of parenting. My boys are grown now,… Continue reading
I believe the breakdown of the family is the single greatest contributor to the challenges we currently face in our society. That’s a topic for another post, but perhaps the greatest factor in the breakdown of the family is poor leadership by fathers. I am amazed at the truth to the statement by John… Continue reading
We all have that one goal we want to accomplish, right? It might be a little goal that we keep setting. Or it might be a big goal that keeps alluding us. But we all have that goal. And we all want to be successful in accomplishing that goal. But it seems so hard sometimes.… Continue reading
The couple in the picture above looks so happy, don’t they? Life is good. All is bliss. We walk with our spouse through fields of wheat holding hands to show how much we love each other. Oh that life was really this easy and peaceful! If you’ve been married for more than a week, you… Continue reading
As parents, one of our overriding desires is to see our children be successful. Maybe it’s for a small child to be successful in learning new behaviors. Or it might be that we want them to be successful in school. Maybe it’s in a sport they play, or growing in their faith. Or perhaps it’s… Continue reading