Archive for category Fathering

I Wish I Had Known…

Today Randy Elrod* posted a new blog titled “The Persons I Wish I Had Known“. No real spiritual significance, or profound insight, just a post about a couple people he and his friends would like to meet. He ends the blog with this question; Who is a person you would wish to have known? When [...]

Restore the places long devastated
(part II) …

…So the weekend of October 16th I placed the cornerstone in the foundations of the future. I went to a Daddy Daughter camp with my two girls. This was a first for me, as a daddy or a son. Let me tell you, we had an awesome time! Crud wars, climbing walls, zip lines, crafts, [...]

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What’s in a name?

Hmm, where do I start?… I grew up in a home with an alcoholic father. He started drinking when he was in high school and hasn’t stopped since. He puts down a liter of Gin or Vodka a day. In other words – He checked out of his life before I checked into mine. Fast [...]

Fathered by the Father…

I had a conversation with the Father the other day. it wasn’t over some big life changing event, like what college do I go to, who do I marry, etc. It was over some every day common thing. I have been looking for a new(er) vehicle lately because I am driving 15 and 24 year [...]

Breaking more Agreements…

This happened at work last week, it is funny how God will come when you least expect it, sometimes wishing He would wait for a more convenient time for you (I had to hide in the server room while I cried after this)… A friend told me he was going to buy us some tobacco [...]

The Battle Rages On…

That was funny, I was just getting started to write this when my oldest daughter comes up to me, asking to work together on getting lunch ready. Right there satan started in with his arrows “you ain’t got time for that, you got to post this blog” – Jerk – So I went into the [...]

A Father gives good things to His children…

With joyful anticipation, I move forward to accept the good that awaits me. Do I often wish that I could see just around the corner in my life and know what is ahead? If I could see for myself that good awaited me, I would not hesitate to move toward my future! If I ever [...]