The Privilege of Prayerful Parenting

Something that’s occurred to me since our son Matt went away to Basic Training last week, is how accustomed I am to being able to communicate with my kids at any time.  Think about it – if you’re a parent whose kids were born in the last 20 years or so, you’ve been able to […]

What is a Broken Heart?

In Psalm 51, a Psalm of repentance David wrote after he was confronted by Nathan the prophet about his sin with Bathsheba, David makes the following statement (vss 16-17): For You do not delight in sacrifice, otherwise I would give it; You are not pleased with burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; […]

Matt 08/08/17

When we used to take our son Matt to summer camp, there were three things we were sure of.  One – he wasn’t going to miss any of us for one second that he was gone.  Two – he was going to have a blast doing all the camp things because bad food, bad beds, […]