A HERO MAKES A BIG DEAL OUT OF ORDINARY THINGS Have you ever dreamed of driving the Batmobile? I mean, what a car, right? It’s funny how super heroes have a special vehicle that is extraordinary (if they can’t fly themselves or run faster than the speed of sound), because they’ve got to get around […]
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Engage! – You Are a Hero (5 of 7)
A HERO IS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE LIVES OF OTHERS Do you know the people of Wakanda or Sukovia? How about Starling City or Astro City? What about Gotham City? Have you ever been to any of these places? Of course you haven’t, because they are cities and regions that don’t exist. These are cities […]
Separated Dads Responding to Mom – You Are a Hero (4 of 7)
Do you love the mother of your children? In the last blog I talked about that being the number one thing to do as your child’s hero. But what if she’s no longer in your life? I know that there are many of you who read this blog that may not be in a relationship, […]
Rescue, Rally, Respond – You Are a Hero (2 of 7)
Who is your hero? Answers will be widely varied across the scope of mankind, from Superman to “my granddad,” from Walter Payton, to William Wallace, to the fireman who lives down the street. Whoever your hero is, there are a few actions that were evident in their lives, and though the words you use might […]
Myths, Heroes, and Stories
Some years ago I came home, two days before my oldest son was to go away to camp, to discover that he had a black eye and cuts on his face. My first emotion was concern, about what had caused these marks… but there was also a bit of: “who do I need to convince […]
Show Yourself A Man!
Did you ever wonder what it would be like to be Solomon, the wisest man ever to live? His father was his hero, and happens to be my hero from the Bible too. The bond between those two must have been exceedingly strong. David cherished Solomon, and based on Solomon’s conversation with God, Solomon respected […]
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 […]
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 […]