Now an attorney and soon to be married, these words i wrote in 2021 are even more true today. Never, ever give up on your children. God has a plan that he will fulfill.
Category Archives: Family
Childlike Faith: Jesus Loves Me This I Know
The children’s song says it best. “Jesus loves me; this I know. For the Bible tells me so.”
If you really want to know God, you must have the open heart of a child and be able to hear God’s still, small voice.
Finding the Good in a Negative World
This is a Debbie Downer world. The times we live in focuses on the negative. “If it bleeds. It leads” the news tells us. Good news seldom makes 6 O’Clock News. The station where I worked in Phoenix always looked to do something new and innovative. “Good News Arizona” hit the airwaves, showing people building aContinue reading “Finding the Good in a Negative World”
Fresh Fruit: A Path to Health and Faith
The new year often begins with health resolutions but is quickly disrupted by holidays and indulgence. Berries, rich in antioxidants and health benefits, symbolize the goodness that Christians should reflect in their lives. By embodying the Fruit of the Spirit, believers can demonstrate God’s nature and become beacons of light in the world.
Deep Roots Not Rocks
Poor Charlie Brown. Nothing could be more disappointing than going door-to-door with your friends on Halloween while they got candy, and you exclaim, “I got a rock.” It compares to getting an acorn for making it into law school or a sapling when you graduate.
Sticky Situation
Remember Sticker Charts? I tried them with my kids. We had Chore Charts, Teeth Brushing Charts, and Behavior Charts. The last one got a little- well, sticky. My oldest apparently wrote the book on picking on younger siblings. My daughter learned quickly that throwing a fit drew attention to it. I was not too fondContinue reading “Sticky Situation”
Children Are Parrots
Every mom has said, “If you don’t have something nice to say, don’t say anything.” Now more than ever, we need to heed that advice. We live in a day and age where friends “Unfriend” friends on social media, family members turn on one another, and it is sport to name call. God said itContinue reading “Children Are Parrots”
Fight Or Flight
Nothing kicks in your fight or flight mode faster than a call from your crying young adult daughter telling you that someone is trying to get $5000 out of her and threatening her with arrest. It was a scam, of course. But they plied her with so much information, instructions, and threats that her headContinue reading “Fight Or Flight”
Three’s A Crowd??
Ever notice what a bad rap the number three gets? Three strikes and you are out; A three-ring circus; Three sheets to the wind; Three alarm fire, 3rd Wheel. Sadly, deaths seem to come in threes; one famous person dies, followed quickly by two others. Then there is our title, “Three’s A Crowd” Or is it? Find out the power in 3 in this week’s It’s a Hard life.
Wrestling Life
The other day, one of my favorite pastors preached on wrestling. Yes, wrestling. Now, this is near and dear to my heart because I went to a private high school where wrestling was king. All the big guys went to public school to play football and get a chance at a college scholarship, and that left us with a team as small as our marching band. Our wrestling team took States back-to-back for decades. If you know the sport, you have to be the exact weight of that class. If you are wrestling 120, you have to weigh precisely 120. Except for the heavyweight division, you can tip the scales from 183-285. This brings me to the sermon…
IT'S A HARnDen LIFE... 