As men, we often get caught up in who we could be, and stop thinking about who we are right now. I personally live in my ideals more than I live in my reality. Or perhaps you’re the opposite, and the world of ideals and goals escapes you because your reality is so vivid. Whichever […]
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The Model of a Man
From the moment your child was born you were their hero. In fact, there is a massive correlation between how your children see you and how they will someday see God. You gave them life. You were the difference between life and just another egg that got discarded from their mother’s womb during her “time […]
The Lebron James Analogy
Imagine if you were playing a pick-up basketball game after work, and Lebron James just happened to be passing by, he saw a drive you took to the basket to score, and then made it a point to stop and tell you that it was a nice move. You would be beside yourself thrilled (if […]
Just Try
About three years ago, I had an opportunity to be part of a mission trip to Nicaragua, with my son. We went to the informational meeting primarily for my son Wesley who was 15 at the time, and part of his “15 Year Challenge” include going on a mission trip that year. At the meeting, […]
You Are a Hero! (1)
I remember it like it was last week, but really it was 2001. We were in Mount Prospect, Illinois in a sparsely decorated living room of a house we had rented from the people next door. I was working four part-time jobs, two of which were professional regional theater “shows”, one was a shipping clerk […]
Good Job Dad!
The other night, a less than middle aged man entered the hallway that shared destinations of both the kitchen and the guest bathrooms. Here, he stopped with his toddler in his arms, and looked directly into the face of his young boy. “This is not the way we are going to behave,” he said, […]