Characteristics of a godly father
Where are all the fathers? Such a simple question with myriad results and one resounding answer: fathers are not here, and neither are they there.…
Father’s Day: To be called his children
This morning, I looked up the origin of Father’s Day and learned something new. A woman named Sonora Smart Dodd was raised by her father, a civil…
Heart-Knot Deposits
A friend and I were wade fishing on the Buffalo National River in northern Arkansas when a feeling of dread came over us. It was a fabulous spring…
Dads, Let Your Children See You Repent
Like most parents, I can remember the exact moment I found out I was going to be a father: Mother’s Day morning in 2008. My wife, Suzanne,…
Dear Dads: Spell FAME backwards
If you are a father, you can be famous. Just spell fame backwards: Every Man As Father. What if we measured the fame of men in terms of the kind of…
Why did a good 'Dad' let them kill his Son?
Your kids will probably ask you that question someday. Are you ready to answer? There isn’t a child or, quite frankly, an adult who finds that…