The weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas, in our modern world, are a source of delighted excitement, building anxiety, and abject stress for so many families.
Is the building important?
The older my children get, the more I feel we need to bring the church to them.
Hurt People Hurt People: Talking to Children about the Holy Land
How do we, as Christian families, talk to our kids about the carnage and chaos – created by human hands and human hearts – erupting in the Holy Land right now?
Picking Our Battles as Parents
There are times in each one of our lives when we must choose between holding tightly to our convictions or loosen our grip on them.
Holy Gatekeepers
‘Pleeeease? Just this once.’ My mom never fell for it.
Barbie and the Existential Crisis
I was not a child who enjoyed dolls.
You’re More than Just Your Gifts: A Midsummer Reflection on the Rhetoric of the So-Called Purpose Driven Life
Since childhood, I have been a devotee of Episcopal summer camp experience.
The Gospel According to Taylor Swift
I recently had the privilege of attending a Taylor Swift concert. And yes, it was a privilege.
Extended Family
As it turns out, Uncle Ed Sheeran and Auntie Taylor Swift only feel like family, but they have a powerful influence over our growing children, much more so than the family we only get to see and visit at holidays.
Summer at the Pool: Remembering our Baptisms
When the pool opens for the season, my kids want to be there.