Let’s face it. We’ve all had days where things didn’t go quite like we expected. We had a plan and that plan was in motion. Suddenly everything gets changed. I had a week like that recently. Things were moving along when suddenly the brakes got applied by someone else driving the car. I wasn’t supposed…
By loading kids with high expectations and micromanaging their lives at every turn, parents aren’t actually helping. At least, that’s how Julie Lythcott-Haims sees it. With passion and wry humor, the former Dean of Freshmen at Stanford makes the case for parents to stop defining their children’s success via grades and test scores. Instead, she…
As summer was coming to an end, I realized that it was time for a short trip away before Charlene and the girls headed back to school. I kept postponing the planning but finally began searching for a close vacation spot that didn’t break the bank. After a few back and forth emails with some…
This week has been like any normal week. Today was like any other normal day — a day filled with meetings, projects, and emails. Until I got home. I walked into an empty, quiet house. Even the dog seemed to recognize that something was “off.” My wife left for a week-long trip to her hometown…
We just finished a week of New Life’s Kids Camp. It’s that week-long crazy madness with kids of all ages, all kinds of activities, and sleep deprivation. As a short-term former children’s pastor, I remember these weeks well. Weeks of planning finally all pays off as hundreds of kids descend on the campus. This year’s…
