Posted in Election, Marriage & Family, tagged barack obama, father's day, sermon, speech on June 16, 2008 | No Comments »
Here is the video, followed by the transcript. Yet another incredibly important speech from Mr. Obama. While I can’t sum up all my thoughts on it yet, some comments are here.
Good morning. It’s good to be home on this Father’s Day with my girls, and it’s an honor to spend some time [...]
Posted in Christianity, Marriage & Family on April 28, 2008 | No Comments »
A quote worthy of our attention and deep meditation, from a forthcoming book by John Piper:
The most fundamental task of a mother and father is to show God to the
children. Children know their parents before they know God. This is a
huge responsibility and should cause every parent to be desperate for
God-like transformation. The children will [...]
Posted in Frontline Leadership, Generations, Marriage & Family, Technology on April 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Jason Fry, who writes the Real Time column for WSJ.com raises a very important question for us as dads in his column “A Father’s Dilemma”:
My son Joshua is 5, and growing up in a house with the Internet and a computer in nearly every room…Is my son’s limited exposure to computers a good thing or [...]
Posted in Humility in Practice, Marriage & Family, culture on March 11, 2008 | No Comments »
The Eliot Spitzer case is a sobering reminder that political power presents tremendous temptations that imperil one’s private and primary roles. While the political backlash unfolds, and voices such as this, this, this, and this outline the public ramifications, I am mostly struck at the great tragedy this is for Spitzer as husband and [...]
Posted in Election, Generations, Marriage & Family, War of Ideas, culture on March 7, 2008 | No Comments »
Al Mohler calls the decision A Bolt From the Blue. Please read the article and heed Mohler’s concluding words:
This is a controversy that demands the attention of all parents. After all, if parents have no constitutional right to educate their own children, what other aspects of the parent’s choices for their own children lack [...]
Posted in Christianity, Frontline Leadership, Humility in Practice, Marriage & Family on February 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
If you are like me, you often wonder how many times you can make the same mistake as a husband without changing your attitude and behavior. It can be baffling and downright discouraging for me, and worse for my wife who has to deal with wondering why I don’t care enough to do whatever [...]
Posted in Christianity, Communication, Frontline Leadership, Generations, Marriage & Family, Technology, War of Ideas, Worldview, culture on January 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
You haven’t heard much from me this year. Not yet anyway. Recently I have had the pleasure of working on a writing project that I’ll tell you about later. I have also had the pleasure of reading and reflecting more of late. This has brought focus to what I want [...]
Posted in Marriage & Family on November 14, 2007 | No Comments »
I’ve started a blog mostly about my newborn son, Jeth, and our family life in Washington D.C., called Runny Tongues.
Check it out here. And here is a picture of the little guy.
Posted in Frontline Leadership, Marriage & Family, Worldview on June 26, 2007 | No Comments »
There is no more important place to exercise frontline leadership than at home. This article, “What Kids Get From Time With Dad,” in the Wall Street Journal (subscription required) was last week’s #2 most emailed story.
What stood out to me is how much the scientific data supports the Biblical calling to fathers of Deut [...]
