Takeaways on Parenting and Ministry from the Massive College Cheating Scandal

If you haven’t heard (aka you are a hermit in a cave) there are over 50 people who are charged in a massive cheating scandal to leverage their money and influence to subvert the system and get their children into prestigious universities. Among them are Lori Loughlin (Aunt Becky from Full House) and Felicity Huffman …

Madelyn’s Prayer – A Chip off the Old Block

Last night my wife prayed with Madelyn and shared with me the words. It was perfect. It was unique. I loved it. Here are the words.... Dear God, Thank you for mommy, for daddy, for Kaleb, for Amelia, for Samuel, In Jesus name, Amen... Lollipop! You read that right. She said Lollipop immediately following Amen. …

Help! My Teenager is Using Drugs! A Personal Story

Let me start with my story so that you can understand where I am coming from. First, I have to give a disclaimer. I was taught to be careful when disclosing information about my past as it might give license for people to justify their actions. Sort of a "Well Robbie went through it so …

The Controversial Blogpost/Sermon/Class/Article/Email

Some things just get a person in trouble. Many of us have been guilty of writing that scathing e-mail where we use ALL CAPS to get our point across and later regretted we even sent that e-mail. Or maybe you wrote that blog post with every intention of settling the score once-and-for-all only to have …

Letting Go and Letting God

On August 16, 2010 I wrote a post entitled, "Letting Go and Letting Love," where I talked about my experience dropping Kaleb off at school for the first time. Today I dropped Amelia and Madelyn off for their first day of school and I must say that I was not ready for the wave of …

Just Make the Stinking Coffee

“Now when the people complained, it displeased the LORD; for the LORD heard it, and His anger was aroused. So the fire of the LORD burned among them, and consumed some in the outskirts of the camp” (Numbers 11:1). I came to the office this morning and for the first time in a couple of …

Almost Perfect Vision is still not Perfect Vision

I need corrective lenses to see well but if I do not have them I can get by. I have pretty good vision but with my contacts I have perfect vision. This past week on vacation one of my lenses broke and I failed to bring an extra pair so I was left without perfect …

“YOU HAVE FOUR KIDS!?!?!?”

I love being a husband and I love being a dad. I struggle at times with both but I would not trade it for a second because I love it!!! I also love it when people ask how many kids I have because their response is the same no matter how many times I get …

Grow up already

I read an interesting article this morning entitled, "Why texting turns us back into teenagers." The article made some interesting points as it reflects how young adults in their twenties text each other for inquiries of relationship and the exchange is, well childish. Shawn Farner, a 26-year-old freelance Web communications specialist from Harrisburg, Pa., often …

Growing Old

I have taken my life for granted and now that I am growing old I wonder if I have missed the boat.  Growing old feels like crap.  That's about as explicit as I get on this blog but I couldn't be anymore honest with you.  I hear people tell me about how they would never …