Making A Difference—Sparrow Clubs
Great video that will bless you…please DO NOT watch …a video link highlighting an organization called Sparrow’s Club (a great friend of mine, Matt Sampson, is interviewed). The best line, “The kids...
View ArticleWhen the Supplement Becomes the Meal
As we begin to dream of what a church built around smaller groups that focus on discipleship looks like, the topic of children’s ministry inevitably comes to the surface. What do the kids do in such a...
View ArticleWrestling with God’s Love
[Note: it may be helpful to read this out loud or in a whisper as it is more stream-of-thought] So here it is God, Friday evening and my spirit seems deeply burdened. I’m not sure why. The blog name, A...
View ArticleSo Here’s the Thing With Baby Names
No matter what you name your baby, it becomes their name. It becomes normal and a huge part of their identity, no matter how bizarre. Step back into your own personal time-and-space-continuum and...
View ArticleTrailer for “Go The Distance” featuring TeamWill and their Heroes
Back in July a good friend of mine, Jon Holmes, joined a team of cyclists who peddled from Sacramento to Washington DC. Their goal was to raise money for Children’s Cancer awareness and research, as...
View ArticleThis Made Me Cry…
About 5 minutes into this video a woman recalls how her 2-year-5-month old died simply from drinking unclean water. Not because of drugs. Not because she played in the street. But because of water....
View ArticleThe Runaways and Their Loving Mom
What is the Kingdom of God like, you ask? A woman lived in rural central California. She was known for her kindness, generosity and love, but she was also fair and just. Her five children were normal...
View ArticleThe Hopeful Ending: The Runaways and Their Loving Mom
First, Read the Tragic Version of this Story Here. What is the Kingdom of God like, you ask? A woman lived in rural central California. She was known for her kindness, generosity and love, but she was...
View ArticleTo Hell with My Kids?
So my two oldest children are in a quandary. Our daughter is five and she went to a church where they told her (in her words) that bad people go “down there” to hell (pointing down to the center of the...
View ArticleMerciful Lyn Benedetto and Her Throat-Slit Kids
To be honest, I find it very hard to stomach and read articles like this one about Lyn Benedetto taking a knife to her children’s throats. Ask my wife, as a father, I just can’t handle them. But in...
View ArticleMom, would you have aborted your gay son?
“If I would have known you were going to be gay, I would have aborted you.” This is what a mother told her son after she learned that he was gay. NPR did a story on gay immigrants shedding light on...
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