This past weekend we drove to Michigan for a wedding. A wedding that just a scant 7 months ago, we thought might not happen. My brother, who wandered for a few years, who dabbled, who threw out, who turned away, who scoffed and even argued at time… more »

There was a silence that left my stomach in a bit of a knot after hearing those words come out of my four year old yesterday. I recognize and appeal to you his very "four-year-old-ness" and exempt him from a life destined for sin and shame. I know… more »

For Owen it came early, just a scant nine months of breathing air and he was beginning to understand authority. The light, but decisive, tap to his diapered bottom after his little back had arched and his voice had rung with anger at our insistence tha… more »

This is the letter I would have put in our Christmas cards this year. I thought I'd save a couple trees, but not all of them. I still sent some cards (I bought a pack of 50...if you didn't get one it's because I have too many cousins), I just didn't pr… more »

Aron had a birthday some time back and I've failed to update with a blog post. I will not write much on this, just post a few obligatory pictures from his party and the following morning when he and his brothers played with his gifts like it was Christ… more »