Posting for Prodigal Magazine: The Man You Don’t Want To Marry
Today I’m writing for Prodigal Magazine about the expectations for men in my corner of the Christian subculture. Here’s the lead: I’m the guy parents used to dread. They warned their daughters against...
View ArticleThe Small Letting Go with Children
I’m posting over at A Deeper Family today. Here’s a bit from my post: My wife and I stood in the kitchen weeping as we held each other. We weren’t making up from a fight. Everyone in our family was...
View ArticleMy Deeper Family Post: You Can’t Make a Family in Court
I’m posting over at A Deeper Family today. Here’s the opening section: During my childhood I went to family court two, maybe three times. The hallways are long and narrow. Men and women in suits...
View ArticleSurviving the Divorce Factory-My Post at a Deeper Family
I’m posting over at A Deeper Family today. Here’s the introduction: My friend calls the local university near us a divorce factory. I wouldn’t have used that exact phrase since I know several happily...
View ArticleFirst Draft Father: The First Exhausting and Wonderful Year
We were staying up late the other night trying to remember as much as we could for Ethan’s “first year” baby book. When did he first smile? Who really knows that? Was it gas or genuine recognition?...
View ArticleFirst Draft Father: We Are Now the Loud Family
When I’m sitting in front of a slice of cheesecake from Katzinger’s Deli, I don’t generally talk to other people. Who has time for that when there is cheesecake on the line? Nevertheless, I almost said...
View ArticleMy Wife’s Calling Isn’t Plan B: My Post for Deeper Family
The books have a way of growing and multiplying. We shift them around the house to new locations, boxing up the leisure books we don’t read and making new space for each fresh crop of research books....
View ArticleThe Dangers of Working from Home: My Post for the High Calling
I’m posting at The High Calling today: When my phone rang at 10 pm on a Saturday evening, I jumped up to answer it. I have several elderly grandparents, and my mind always jumps to the worst case...
View ArticleWhen Are We Pointing Away from Jesus?
I’m an expert at finger-pointing. I have experience with face-palming. I just need to spend five minutes on certain Christian news or theology sites before I’m practically dizzy from the face-palms and...
View ArticleShame Is Never Hidden-Even If We Can’t See It
If there’s one thing I hate doing on a Friday evening, it’s working on a plumbing project. It’s even worse if it’s in a tight space. And it’s especially miserable if a toilet is involved. A few weeks...
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