Is This Mike On?

Things began, as they often do, innocently enough with the Scriptures.

What if I only dreamed about writing a book?
Or announcing a big event? Or speaking to large groups?
I talk a good fight. I think big. I picture myself walking out on the big stage. But when it comes to action, there I am teetering on the edge of the cliff, with my arms waving to [...]

“Are you married to Barbara,” the female voice asks on the phone.

It seems appropriate that I say something in the van after spending all day together. Mike Brady would insist.

There are no constant voices, no blaring television or music. No one to tell me to pick the mail off the stove or to put my coat on the right hook.

It’s one of those special moments where you realize you didn’t do too bad as parents.

It’s for less than two weeks, but they’re all home again.

I took some of my kids out to see the Perseid meteor showers last night because mom wanted me to.
Growing up, it seemed we never missed it each August. At least one night, we would grab a couple of sleeping bags and pillows and move out to our front deck outside of Forks, Wash. We [...]

I still have regrets.
I still think about the time I didn’t coach that fifth-grade basketball game right and we lost by two points.
I think about how I should have spent more time with my kids during bedtime at night.
Maybe I shouldn’t have stayed up late watching old shows on Netflix.
It seems like a lot of [...]

It’s one of those times when I allow my daughter to play country on the radio.