Satan’s Christmas?

Ah… Halloween. The thorn in the side of every good-willed Christian parent. To celebrate or not? Participate in the prevailing culture or a Christian alternative equivalent? Let your kids dress up? What costumes are appropriate and which are not? Those are the questions Christian parents must wrestle with every year. (Not to mention how to [...]

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Daddy Time

One of the things I’m really hoping to do during this transition time is restore some order and balance to my life and that of my family. As things were coming to a close here, I began to realize how incredibly unhealthy my life had become. I decided that if I’m going to have a [...]

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Notes from the Sunshine State

We’re currently vacationing in Florida. We’re on day 7 of 11. Some highlights so far:
Kids say the darndest things:

Tranquil (4 yrs) in the Chicago Midway airport upon hearing the automated announcement on the moving sidewalk: “Caution. The sidewalk is coming to an end.” Tranquil: “Oh man! That’s not fair!”

Noble (2 yrs) when I wore my [...]

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9 Lives

I like cats. I don’t love them, but I don’t hate them either.
Our boys (especially our oldest) have been wanting kittens ever since we moved to the country. We finally broke down this summer and got two kittens. One week after we got them – and two days after we spent $150 on them at [...]

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Family Devotions

We used to try and have family devotions every morning before school, but this past year was a struggle as there never seemed to be enough time. I became increasingly frustrated with our busy schedules and the fact that the public school had 7 hours a day to instill my oldest with their values and [...]

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