As I think through this day, my plans include three meals, two snacks, multiple water and milk fill-ups, and countless messes to clean up in a kitchen with toddlers. Food is a part of life. [...]

My five-year-old climbed a rock wall. His legs shook. His eyes flitted. Yet he still climbed. From my position directly underneath him, I could see his entire little body shaking as he paused on each [...]

Have you ever had church outside of church? Have you ever been on a mission trip in a foreign country, and all the sudden you're awash with emotion, feeling, and the confidence that you're right [...]

A fleet-footed, swift, fluid runner I am not. I don't jaunt out on a 5-mile run for the fun of it. I don't relish the feeling of pavement beneath my feet, wind in my hair, [...]

"Marley was dead, to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed it. And [...]

The first fat drops begin to fall, and I still have about four more passes with the lawn mower before I can consider my job "done." It starts with a vengeance as I begin pushing [...]