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What Do You Do with Fifteen "Free Minutes?"
The other night I was waiting for dinner to finish cooking and realized I had fifteen unspoken-for minutes to do with as I chose. Too...
Apr 12, 20132 min read


How an Eggnog Disaster Saved My Relationship with My Daughter
Recently a friend was describing to me one of her saddest childhood memories. Every day she’d come home from school to an empty house and...
Jan 4, 20133 min read


He Said I'd Have a New Teenager in Five Minutes
Thanks, Dr. Leman, but sometimes I don’t feel I can wait until Friday to put an end to the cold distance and eye-rolling of a...
Oct 31, 20122 min read


The Radical Business of Living an Ordinary Life
In his book Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream, David Platt talks about Jesus' Prayer as He's nearing the end of His...
Feb 17, 20122 min read


My Daughter’s Deep Dark Secret
I noticed this morning that Anna has been distant lately. An alarm went off inside me, since nothing in this world is as important as...
Aug 11, 20102 min read


I Corinthians 13 for Christians and Otherwise Very Nice People
(This is my paraphrase of I Corinthians 13, also known as "the love chapter" in the Bible.) Though I speak in tongues and prophesy with...
Jan 24, 20102 min read
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