I can’t say my holiday season has been terribly overwhelming this year. I’m mostly on top of presents. We had our big birthday party over the weekend (three of four kids born in December can get complicated), and other family gatherings too. We’re busy with a variety of events and activities. It’s not a...
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Engage Life: Sunny
It’s funny how dogs become part of the family, isn’t it? Sunny is our 2.5 year old mutt. She looks like a pure-bred golden retriever, but she’s not even close. We got a second pup from the same litter, Shiloh, and she looks like a Rottweiler. But they’re both just good old-fashioned mutts. Anyway,...
Nine Years Old
My twins are 9 today. Alex is creative and logical and wants to be a firefighter and a video game designer on his days off. He has an awesome sense of humor; he gets why puns are funny. He still loves his scruffy puppy, and his best friend is Dalton. He’s a pretty awesome...
Engage Faith: Like One Who is Unclean
On Sunday during church, I read Isaiah 64:6. I’ve read it dozens of times before. I know I memorized it in Awana, back in the day. But on Sunday, it stuck out to me. The pastor read Isaiah 64 as the Advent text. But while the sermon focused on other things, I kept coming...
Engage Mind: I’m Not Sure About…
1. The backlash After Harvey Weinstein and the #metoo conversations started, the general consensus was that it was all good and right. We took strides to eradicate the kind of treatment and behavior that women have suffered beneath for, well, all of time. And I think the fall of Mr. Weinstein and the rise...