It can be difficult to find fun family activities on days where the weather is inclement and the children are restless. But one of our personal favorites is Cleaning Out the Church Refrigerators. Despite the sign that assures congregation members…
Although I’m generally pleasant in the early morning hours, the vast majority of my neuronal synapses are largely in hibernation until the first bolus of caffeine resuscitates me. And as I groggily started to regain consciousness this morning, I realized…
Some stories have unsatisfying conclusions, and others fail to be completed. Charles Dickens never finished writing The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Although Gatsby was Great, F. Scott Fitzgerald was unable to complete The Last Tycoon. And even the prolific C.S.…
If she gets her homework done, shows respect to her friends and teachers, and keeps catastrophes to a minimum throughout the week, my daughter and I will sometimes play video games during the weekend. And no one would ever label…
I’m a sucker for symbolism, and my heart melts for motifs. And F. Scott Fitzgerald masterfully employs these literary devices to illustrate the frivolity of godlessly pursuing an ever-elusive American Dream in The Great Gatsby. The Green Light…the Valley of…
One of the things that we teach our kids is to “not yuck another person’s yum.” Rather than offer your unsolicited negative opinion of another person’s food, clothes, or backpack, simply keep your comments to yourself. Better yet, look for…
Church is generally expected to be a place of encouragement, but it can sometimes also be a site of some unusual and hilarious interactions. For instance, a lady walked up and asked, “Are you Josh?” Apparently she had heard about…
Life circumstances have a way of shaping our current and future passions. And recently, my technological savvy using my work iPhone, which could accurately be described as “Boomer-like,” resulted in me inadvertently clicking on an obvious Phishing email. This resulted…
Last week, my daughter and I were invited to a Pokemon trading card event. I figured it would be a relatively small gathering of kids accompanied by their parents, but I realized my colossal underestimation of this event’s magnitude the…
