

The Architecture of a Most Memorable Family Christmas
9 December 2020
I love Christmas music and all it represents. In my little hillbilly town of Branson, we begin Christmas around November...
Demonstrating Honor to Your Kids
27 February 2020
I am learning a lot about God’s goodness and how fortunate I am to have an incredible wife and four amazing kids! But,...
Quality AND Quantity
20 December 2019
Ready or not, here comes another Christmas. It’s that time of year when we remember the incredible gift given to us when...
Really Know Your Kids
25 September 2019
Friends, if you know me at all, you know I love coaching kids! And September is the official start of fall sports season!...
Just Call Me Dad
15 June 2019
Just call me “dad.” Like you, I’ve been called many names in my lifetime – some good, some not-so-good. By far,...
Families Who Plan
20 February 2019
After fifty years of watching families who succeed, three things have held amazingly true: Families learn from other families....
Christmas Poem 2018
18 December 2018
I was driving down the road on December 1st not too many years ago. Now, you’ve got to understand that in Branson, Christmas...
Why Healthy Friendships Matter
21 August 2018
Last week, I visited with my dear friend Gene Stallings, whom I coached under at Texas A&M, about “raising good kids.”...
Year of Anything
27 June 2018
As a parent, if 2018 needs to be the “year of anything”, it should be the year of prayer with our kids, for our kids...
The Golden Goal post
7 March 2018
A former Kanakuk Executive Director, Kris Cooper, is about as fine a man and dad as I know. He “daddied” his own...