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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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,...

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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...

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