The Spirit-Filled Life · Week 1 · Thursday When the Rules Run Out For eighteen years he had been the one who made the rules and made them stick. Bedtimes, screens, who was driving, what time the door opened. It…
Restore, in gentleness.
The Morning Blessing
Get Up and Walk · Week 5 · Tuesday The Morning Blessing Every morning before anyone else is up, he sits at the kitchen table with his Bible and his coffee. Just him and the quiet and the first light…
The Knock
Get Up and Walk · Week 4 · Tuesday The Knock He lost his temper at his sixteen-year-old yesterday. It was not a big thing, as these things go. The kid had left the garage door open overnight again, after…
Only Jesus
Stumble Up • Personal Reflection Only Jesus • A 6:15am moment I did not see coming “Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as…
The Version He Showed His Dad
Seven Statements from the Cross • Week 5 • Tuesday Statement V • John 19:28 • Owen, 17, high school junior “The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.” — Psalm 34:18 (ESV) The Setup…
Your vulnerability is someone else’s rise
Seven Statements from the Cross • Week 2 • Monday The Thing He Never Told Anyone Statement II — Luke 23:43 • Chris, mid-40s, father of a 22-year-old “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the…
Call them back to the table
“Not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.” Philippians 2:4 · ESV Tom, 44, comes home on a Friday. His 14-year-old Jaylen is gaming in his room. His 16-year-old Maya is on…
Take the opportunity to correct in love
“Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.” Ephesians 6:4 · ESV Dev, 49, is proud of his son Tyler. The kid is 17, already accepted early decision,…
The Sigh and Silence Says Everything
“I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.” 1 Corinthians 3:6 (ESV) Tyler came home Tuesday with a history test face down on the counter. He’d set his alarm for 6am three days in a row to study for…
The Hallway Coach
“Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.” Colossians 3:21 (ESV) Brian, 45, is sitting in Sunday service trying to keep it together. He wants to worship. He wants his family to have one good hour in the…