Nathan passed away nine years ago and so it's another February of reflection for Rebecca and I. His life and death forever changed the rhythms of our life. Here are few things I'm learning.
Each February for nine years I have reflected on the things that my wife and I were never able to experience. We never got a chance to see Nathan smile, hear him laugh or experience his personality. We werenâ
Nine years later
Posted Feb 8th 2007, 11:08 by Ponder this... on Christian Living
Gathering Up My Hopes
Posted Dec 8th 2006, 10:12 by Ponder this... on Christian Living
I know Advent just began, but let me be honest, I am already weary of waiting for Jesus. Waiting is the hard work of hope. I've faced this struggle before. It's not that I completely loss in the towel on the idea that Jesus is coming - I just lower my expectations. I still believe He’ll get here eventually, I’d just rather not bank my life on it. So instead, I choose to spread out my portfolio of hope. I'm...
Refusing to Lose Wait
Posted Dec 1st 2006, 12:00 by Ponder this... on Christian Living
How do you feel about waiting?
Swinging for Joy on the 7th Hole
Posted Jul 27th 2006, 12:00 by Ponder this... on Christian Living
The challenge of being a Dad and a wanna-be golfer is that golf takes a large amount of time away from time with my kids. So like any golfing Dad my goal is to get my kids to fall in love with the game. Thus it was with great pleasure that I took my 6 year old son Aiden out for his first couple of rounds of golf last week. I had a great vision of spending...
Listen For the Music
Posted Jul 21st 2006, 12:00 by Ponder this... on Christian Living
A few years ago there was a commercial on TV that became quite controversial. The first thing that you saw as it began was a football player with a horribly scarred face. He was messed up and looked as if he was blind in one eye. The next sight was a wrestler with a gross, bulbous, cauliflower-looking ear. Finally, a surfer with hideous scars all up and down his legs and ankles appeared on the screen. Three ugly, hard-to-look-at...
I Go Everywhere With You!
Posted Jul 13th 2006, 06:00 by Ponder this... on Christian Living
The other night I took my 6 year old son Aiden to his basketball practice at the local Y. His 3 year old sister desperately wanted to come and “cheer.” Sydney hates to be left behind and she often reminds me, “Daddy, I’m your little girl and I go everywhere with you.” I relented and said that she could come as long as she promised to ‘stay with Daddy.' She quickly agreed and off we went.While Aiden practiced Syd and...