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The Things You Learn in the Strangest Places

1 CommentJune 8, 2010

My daughter Kathleen loves foxes. Until last Friday she had never owned one. We bought her one that afternoon. Not a real one of course. As Dr. Desoto rightly observes in William Steig’s excellent story, foxes are “wicked, wicked creatures.” Instead we bought her a small, hard, painted plastic fox that she picked out specially. [...]

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What Does the Bible Say about Divorce and Remarriage? (Part 2)

6 CommentsDecember 4, 2009

Last time I listed the main biblical passages dealing with divorce and remarriage. I also previewed some of the conclusions I had come to when studying these passages. But now let’s clear our minds, forget everything we (think we) know about divorce and rediscover what the Bible says with fresh eyes. Today we’ll look at [...]

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What Does the Bible Say about Divorce and Remarriage? (Part 1)

2 CommentsDecember 1, 2009

I just finished teaching a series of lessons on divorce and remarriage for the young married couples’ class at our church. The passages we studied reopened my eyes to the Bible’s surprising—and oft-ignored—teaching on these crucial and difficult topics. I thought I’d share with you the passages we considered and the insights that emerged from [...]

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Gifts People Love

2 CommentsNovember 27, 2009

I hate Christmas shopping. It feels like I’m fighting a losing battle. I go down my list, staring at each name, trying to imagine what each person would like. But I keep picturing the things I’d like. So I end up giving my son a LEGO set, then spend Christmas Day building it while he plays with the Magnetix his grandparents got him. [...]

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A Timeline for Geeky Fathers

2 CommentsMay 25, 2009

After our son was born, the book that was ever under my wife’s nose was What to Expect the First Year. It had endless charts telling what was normal, subnormal, and downright weird for a child to be doing at various milestones. Gas smiles at one month. Real smiles at four months. Picks own nose [...]

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The Gemstone Game

1 CommentNovember 30, 2008

One rainy Sunday when the kids had too little to do and I didn’t have the energy to chase them around the house, we came up with a game that they enjoyed but allowed me to relax. We call it the Gemstone Game, and it has become one of our favorites.

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Sculpture Garden

1 CommentMay 28, 2008

Our family invented a new game this weekend. It’s fun and cheap so we thought we’d share it with you. We call it “Sculpture Garden.” It’s good for any number of players. Our 3-year old found it boring, but our 5- and 9-year olds loved it. It would probably work for 4s too, but we [...]

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