I’m continually amazed at my own hypocrisy as a parent. Part of parenting, a big part, is realizing how childish you still are. Here’s the most recent lesson I’ve picked up. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve said the following sentence to one of my children: “You don’t seem to change until you’re […]
Honestly, I’m the last person you’d expect to write something like this. I despise clutter, instinctively throw away anything I can’t identify, and make every attempt to be a minimalist. But here’s the thing: It’s really hard to be that way when you have three little kids. In fact, I would even say it’s impossible to be […]
The boards on our front porch have taken a beating from the sun and rain. The western side, in particular, gets the worst of it. The steady eye of the sun draws them in and up, while the rain water pushes them down and away. In the end, the sun has the final word. The […]
Note: This post contains affiliate links. Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you, or from you? You yourselves are our letter of recommendation, written on our hearts, to be known and read by all. And you show that you are a letter from […]
Some of you know that my wife is an influential home decor and DIY blogger (have a look at her website). She’s remarkably gifted and is a great encouragement to many people. But I have sometimes heard critics outside of her circles scoff at others who spend time decorating their homes and pouring resources into […]
We seldom consider how strange it is as Christians that our greatest love is someone whom we’ve never met in the flesh. Love has a tangible object in every other area of our lives: our spouse, our children, our family and friends. But our love for Christ is a love of faith, a love that […]
I titled this website “Words for Theologians,” not realizing at the time that such a title could be exclusive to certain readers. So I wanted to take a few moments to convey one of my biblical convictions: everyone is a theologian. I am. You are. Your cousin is, and your mother and father, and every other […]
My three-year-old daughter likes to dress up as Belle from Beauty and the Beast and play pretend. She usually has me be Gaston (Gee, thanks). Then she tells me that she doesn’t want to come look at my trophies because she has to go help her “fodder” with his invention. But yesterday afternoon I noticed something […]
Friends, in case you missed it, be sure to check out the recent interview I did on Reformed Forum with Camden Bucey and Jeff Waddington for my book, The Trinity, Language, and Human Behavior: A Reformed Exposition of the Language Theory of Kenneth L. Pike. I trust the interview is not nearly as dry as the book […]
On a Wednesday evening last week, I found myself picking up matchbox cars, scraps of paper, and colored pencils from our living room floor. I refolded the navy and white-striped blanket and placed it back on the couch. Then I fluffed and adjusted the pillows that sat at each end of it. I gathered the […]