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With Halloween approaching, I thought it might be good to share my story about zombie apocalypse lessons with you. We’re not a family who’s ever been into zombie stuff.  "The Waking Dead" and [...]

In all the wisdom of all the ages, humankind has mastered some mysteries of the universe and accomplished things beyond what we ever imagined possible: We’ve advanced medical research to find [...]

My wife, Katie, has spent the greater part of her adult life making me awesome. Left to my own designs, I’m just a middle-aged fat man...but with Katie by my side, I somehow become a funny, [...]

‘Tis the season of the parent teacher conference... ...and I'm currently debating if it’s worth my time to attend my sons’ high school P/T conferences, which just aren’t the same as the P/T [...]

His name was “C.K.” and I buried him myself. For 15 years, he was my family’s dog, friend, household protector, and pet peeve. (If you’ve ever owned a dog, you know exactly what I mean.) C.K. is [...]

I have three children. None of their names begin with "the pastor's," nor are any of their last name's "kid." I've had to explain this a few times over the years. My church generally handles this [...]

Who decides what matters? I occasionally look through USAToday.com for news updates, especially on certain days where I know something significant may be happening. On September 11th of this [...]

I have an opinion on most things – but I don’t always claim it to be the right opinion.  I consider myself a decisive person, confident in most of the choices I make – and definitely thoughtful [...]

I'm at a point in life when I know more celebrities who died this year than I do *celebrity* faces on grocery store magazines. What qualifies as "famous" isn't what it used to be. Once upon a [...]

This weekend I was in Columbus with fellow blogger Tony Myles, (and my new best friend Dustin) at Kidmin, an awesome national conference for children’s ministry leaders. We had a booth for [...]