December 14, 2010 | 1 comment
Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy. ~ Leo Buscaglia There is a direct trade-off between worry and trust in God. The less we trust God, the more we trust evil
December 2, 2010 | 6 comments
It wasn’t two hours after my family arrived at our cabin in the snowy Blue Mountains last weekend that my teenage son, Tyler, and one of his best friends, came back to the cabin on one snowmobile. They had left
November 9, 2010 | 5 comments
How much time do you spend worrying about tomorrow? Hopefully none, but if you do fret about the future, now is a good time to replace that worry with trust. Worry is fear. It denies God’s omnipresent goodness. It is
September 21, 2010 | 10 comments
Last week, my wife and I went to an open house at our son’s high school. We walked through our son’s schedule, spending 10 minutes in each of his classrooms listening to the teacher tell us about the year ahead
September 17, 2010 | 5 comments
Last winter, my wife and I told our son Tyler that he needed to find a job for the summer. He’s 16 now, going on 17, and it seemed best that he develop a work ethic, demonstrate responsibility and earn money