Twenty Things the Parents of Mentally Strong Kids Never Do
If you love your child (and we’re sure you do) and want them to be successful, happy, and healthy, then it is imperative that you pay attention to…
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.…
Why new dads should go on a post-partum diet
If there’s one four-letter word I can’t stand, it’s the one heard most often in January: diet. Maybe I should blame it on being raised as a Baptist.…
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…
Redeem Your Fathering
I was crying my eyes out with conviction—deep audible gasps for breath in between agonizing cries of repentance. I had just encountered a truth that…
Fathering like the Father
“You’re a good, good father, it’s who you are…and I’m loved by you, it’s who I am” are the words to Chris Tomlin’s song, Good Good Father. These…
Wonder
One of my goals as a father is to infect my children with childlike wonder. Arthur Gordon is one of my role models when it comes to wonder. I read…
Simply enjoying your children: A father’s advice for love and joy
“Tell me you are from a small town without saying you are from a small town . . . .” “Tell me you are married without saying that you are married . .…
Struggle well: Fatherhood, love, and grace
Fatherhood is a struggle. Don’t get me wrong. It is glorious, exhausting, worthwhile, exasperating, a blessing, and painful. It is all of those…
