Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Sons Will Challenge Dads

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Sons will frustrate you.  They will disappoint you.  They will concern you.  They will contest and challenge you.  They will reflect you.  ...
Wednesday, February 12, 2014

What We Give Our Sons

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As fathers, we can give no greater preparation for life than to empower our children to successfully live their lives on their own.  ...

Hitting a Moving Target While Moving

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My dad taught me how to play lacrosse.  Instead of playing tennis my sophomore year in high school, and because it was the first time lac...
Tuesday, January 28, 2014

The Joy of Obedience?

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Obedience is such an interesting topic, don't you think?  I mean... looking at it from the point of view of the dad, I can see how it is...
Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Starting With the End in Mind

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Fathers, we often begin raising our sons and soon realize we don’t know where this thing will take us.  We spend each day trying to keep up...
Monday, October 07, 2013

The Three Fathers of Every Son

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Sons receive their template of becoming from their father, or I should say, from their three fathers.   The template affects their ideas of...
Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Giving a Hand

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Each and every man has a different answer to what is best for our nation.  For the average man, what he wants for himself is probably the an...
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Monday, September 09, 2013

Fishing Rods Instead of Hammers

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Becoming a better father is more like becoming a better fisherman than building a house. Many men I have spoken to believe that raising a s...

Sons Worship Fathers

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Admittedly, I don’t know a lot about other people’s beliefs, but I do know that people throughout the world worship. As I look at the act ...

Towel Snapping - Ouch!

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We had a bit of fun tonight; my son and I. Wife and daughter headed off to jewelry making class, so my son (age, 12) and I were cleaning up...

A Threshold to Glory

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My dear Son, I write to You On the eve of Your ruin; And the threshold to Your glory. You have grown from boy to man. With no fear of ...

Early Independence

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We awoke one Friday morning to a startling thought. Our youngest daughter was tattling on our twlelve-year old son. He had a note on his de...

We Fathers Walk With Sons

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Walking With Sons - is a relational perspective. In my experience, we as fathers, walk with several sons, not just our offspring. We walk w...

Following the Leader

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If only there was a way to transfer all of God's wisdom into my heart without messing it up like I do. Man, I just keep wanting to teac...

Being A God-like Father?

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Is it possible to be a God-like father? Is it possible to love a son the way God loves us?  It may not be possible to do so, exactly li...

Where do fathers go to learn about raising sons?

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I have met and interviewed many fathers of sons, and many of them admit their desire to be more prepared for such an important job. What...