The following is my address at this year’s Grandparents’ Day event. Several parents and grandparents asked if they could have a copy, so I’ll just make it this week’s blog: I may seem like an odd …
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Raising Cain (and Abel, and Bob, and Larry, and…)
I admit that my experience in raising boys is limited. It should come as no surprise to you that I am, in fact, male, and I know how I was raised, good and bad. I have been here at Grace long enough …
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The Heart of God
I haven’t seen the movie Risen. I really want to, but things just keep getting in the way. The thing my friends who have seen it keep telling me struck them about the film is the realization of how …
Girl Daddies
I grew up in a house full of women, with three sisters and a mom. I live in a house full of women: a wife, three daughters, and a female faux-dog. Still, I fully admit that I know virtually nothing …
Love Their Mom (or Dad)
I remember like it was yesterday. I was standing up there, middle of the day, wearing a morning suit, looking like I was heading to breakfast at Wimbledon to have tea and crumpets with the …
I Hate Conflict
I really don’t like conflict. I’m not afraid of it, but rarely do I enjoy it. So much of our lives are about dealing with conflict. Certainly this is true in our relationships with our spouse and …
A Voting Guide
I’m not really into politics, at least not in the conventional sense. I’m not really going to start now. So, I’ll write this one blog, and then move onto other things. Augustine spoke of the City of …
The Beauty of Denial
You may not know this about me, but I’m a cradle Episcopalian. My wife and I have been attending Grace Community for over 20 years, and I’m an elder in that church, but I was born and bred a …
Letting Go
Zombies are everywhere. Have you seen the previews for the new mashup movie Pride and Prejudice and Zombies? I’m not making that up; it’s based upon the book by the same guy who wrote Abraham …
A Season of Life
You know, I’m on the front end of my 13th year as head of Grace. I’ve learned over the years that every school year has its patterns. And, they tend to follow the same pattern. As human beings and …
Getting Your Angry Off
When I was little, I used to watch the beginning of “Saturday Night Wrestling.” It came on after “The Wonderful World of Disney,” I think, and so the T.V. was already on. It was usually locally …
For Such a Time as This
When you really think about it, we live in an amazing moment of tremendous opportunity. I mean, I know the popular current Christian narrative in our post-Christian western culture is a tale of …