

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...
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...
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 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...