Yesterday at church we started a new series entitled, Address the Mess, and it got me thinking about a picture I posted recently on social media of our home on a typical Saturday morning.  I got a lot of commentary on this picture when I posted it earlier, it resonated with folks which didn’t surprise me….

It’s remarkable when as a parent you get to see the fruition of seeds that you’ve planted in your kids begin to come to life in the actions they’re taking.  Last weekend one of my best friends visited for a wedding and he noticed the behavior of my girls, and declared to the oldest, “one…

An often quoted scripture is Jesus’s warning, what good is it for someone to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit their very self?  Growing up I always wondered about that particular saying…how could one gain everything that they seemingly always wanted and somehow manage to lose what’s most important, the very essence of who…