My little corner of the blogosphere has been quiet lately, and for good reason.  My oldest daughter, Emily, is getting married this Sunday (February 14).  She is marrying a young man (Aarron Rogers) whom both Michelle and I approve of and like a lot.  Good thing, huh?!  I’ll be performing the majority of the ceremony.  [...]

Evidently, I just don’t get it.  When my girls text their friends while they’re talking to me; when they attempt to text their friends during dinner (which is not allowed in our home by the way); or when they invite a girlfriend over and then sit next to each other for hours in silence and [...]

On Friday, I posted a list of the top 10 things parents of teens need to know according to Madisyn Grills-Fisher, a teenager who lives in a small town in Ontario, Canada. She works as an intern at her local newspaper, and they published her shocking rant. Below is one mom’s response to [...]

As a father of four teenagers, this made my blood boil.  The following is a list of the top 10 things parents of teens need to know according to Madisyn Grills-Fisher, a teenager who lives in a small town in Ontario, Canada.  Evidently, she works as an intern at her local newspaper, and they recently [...]

Kurt Salierno is a man who has dedicated his life to living with and ministering to the poor and needy in his corner of the world. Since 1977, he has been involved in working with the poor and homeless across the country.  Kurt walks the streets of Atlanta developing relationships with the men and women [...]

My 14-year old daughter, Alexis, overheard me the other day talking about my blog, and she asked me when I was going to write something about her.  I told her that I didn’t know what I would write about her, and besides, I said that people might find it kind of odd that I would [...]

After taking nearly 500 pictures off the back of the boat at Ute Lake this past weekend, here are the “Big Air 2009″ pictures.
The only injuries sustained by the three teenage riders were random raw spots on elbows and toes and random muscle soreness.  As for the photographer, he suffered a stiff neck and fought [...]

This is one of the best “in action” pictures I’ve ever taken.  A couple of summers ago, I sat on the back of a friend’s boat while we sped around Ute Lake in Eastern New Mexico.  I snapped nearly 200 pictures of my kids tubing and skiing that day, and many of them turned out [...]

It’s a statistic that haunts Christian parents all across the country:  65%-85% of churched kids will walk away from the Christian faith during their early adult years.
These are kids that have grown up in the church. Anywhere from six to eight out of every ten kids in your church youth group will wander away from [...]

I do not watch The Oprah Winfrey Show. Let me repeat: I do not watch The Oprah Winfrey Show!
I’m a man, and men are not supposed to watch Oprah. However,a while back, I was made aware that Oprah would be doing a show about fathers…and so with great reluctance, I watched.
It did feel weird. I [...]