The previous months were smooth and I remember saying a prayer of thanks before my daughter Clara’s 15-month-old checkup. However, we’d find out within a week after the appointment she would need surgery to repair an inguinal hernia. Friends offered immediate words of comfort. “It’s a minor surgery.” “If it’s
“When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways.” – 1 Corinthians 13:11 This verse comes to mind at the start of a new football season as fantasy football drafts begin
Even though my coaches told me pride was a good thing, I considered it bad during Pride Week. For those on my high school varsity football team, Pride Week came after the week of Spring Break. Though the purpose was to build teamwork and unity before spring football started, it
My wife, Jessica, and I are scouting neighborhoods lately looking at where we might lock in for the next foreseeable 15 years. As we look around, the same thoughts recycle. How much home do we really need? What about the schools? How do we eliminate as much commute and as
The first time I traveled to India, the trip was an assault on all five senses. After a few days I grew accustomed to the site of overpopulated streets, the acrid smells of gasoline and smoke, the tastes of unusual spices, and the sounds of chanting from temples, honking cars
