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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

We watch with awe as Clint Eastwood swears, smokes, and shoots his way through movies like Gran Torino, and we wonder if that’s what a real man looks like.

I’ve been intrigued lately by a relatively new band called, Kings of Leon.  Their latest album entitled, Only By the Night, is musically unique (and in my opinion, exceptional). However, it’s not just the music that intrigues me, it’s the story of the guys in the band.  Three of the four members were born and [...]