I’m not dead!! If you were beginning to worry where I’ve been, I want you to know that the Grim Reaper hasn’t yet caught up to me. I’m still alive and kicking. The reason for my blogosphere absence is because (1) I haven’t had time recently to post, (2) I haven’t had anything to post, [...]
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The Non-Writing Life
Posted in church, family, home, life, prayer, preaching, speaking on November 18, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Happy Father’s Day
Posted in family, fatherhood, home, kids, life on June 14, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Today is Father’s Day. As I was playing with my daughters earlier I realized that they are what makes me a father, and they are the reason I want to be a good father. Chris Rock once said that father’s of daughters have one job: “to keep their daughters off the pole.” Obviously there is [...]
Words Create Worlds
Posted in Malia, Obama, blogs, family, fatherhood, home, speaking, words on February 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This morning I had a wonderful idea for a blog. It was about the power or words. I was going to talk about Hillary Clinton’s criticism of Barack Obama, saying he offers speeches while she offers “solutions”. The blog wasn’t going to be political, or try to influence anyone’s vote or reveal my politics — [...]
Happy Birthday, Boo!
Posted in Katharine, Malia, family, fatherhood, giving, home, kids, life on February 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My youngest daughter, Katharine (who at home is just called “Boo”), turns one-year old today. Malia’s first year seemed to take forever, Katharine’s moved lightening fast!
It’s amazing how different our girls are. Malia is an investigator. She’ll get interested in something and want to know everything about it. Katharine is an explorer. She likes [...]
So now it begins…
Posted in Malia, Rochelle, change, family, fatherhood, home on January 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Well, here we go!
My oldest daughter, Malia, went to her first dance class last Wednesday night. For months now she’s been telling us that she wanted to go to “ballerina school.” It’s her mother’s fault because each Christmas the two of them attend The Nutcracker (a tradition that was born out of my deep desire [...]
10 Years Ago Today
Posted in Rochelle, family, home on January 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
10 years ago today, Rochelle and I were married in Salado, TX. I would post a picture for you all to see, but Rochelle and I have decided that we’re both much better looking now than then.
It’s hard to believe that it’s been ten years. They’ve flown by. Of course, we’ve had our ups and [...]


