

When It's Time To Be A Parent
10 March 2025
Parenting is not a popularity contest nor is doing what is best for your kids long-term always going to put happy little...
Jim Ryun
10 February 2025
My friend Jim Ryun was one of the all-time great track and field distance runners. He was the first high school athlete...
Suffer Well
13 January 2025
Happy and optimistic New Year from your “amputee grandpaw” from my Kanakuk winter home. I’m loving my graphite legs...
Be Imitators of Christ
9 December 2024
I was driving down the road in our Ozark hometown on December 1st not too many years ago. Now, you’ve got to understand...
The Science of Happiness
13 November 2024
Emojis, emojis, emojis… The age of emojis! From happy faces to sad faces, to faces streaked with tears. For me, I feel...
Great Conversations With Your Child
17 October 2024
When my oldest son was going through deep heartache due to social pressure and pressure in the competitive high school sports...
Seasoning our Speech With Grace
24 September 2024
Now that Debbie-Jo and I have sixteen grandkids, I hope a “tid bit” of what we’ve learned will make your parenting...
Cries of the Heart - Part 3
31 March 2022
I’ll never forget the day when my dear friend, the late Dr. Gary Smalley, the “guru” of marriage and family wisdom...
Cries of the Heart - Part 2
3 December 2021
At the top of the list of “things I wish I would have known” as a young and naïve father of four children, my five-decade...
The Cry of Every Child's Heart
30 September 2021
In a moment of parental frustration have you ever asked your child (just before you pulled your hair out), “What’s wrong...