A Question To Ponder: A Life Lived With Faith

In the book Crazy Love by Francis Chan his college professor asked him “Is there anything you are doing in your life, right now, that truly requires faith?” And Francis was a bit stumped. And so was I.
After reading that question I set the book down and reviewed my life and I admit the answer [...]

Get Your Kids Off Welfare

That headline above comes from a Dave Ramsey seminar where he referred to giving kids an allowance is like having them on welfare (giving them something for doing nothing).
We’ve implemented Dave’s Commission System (with some of our own tweaks) and it seems work.
Here’s what we do (it may or may not work for you).
1. Each [...]

Parenting Skills Learned From the Bowling Alley

The other night was ‘date night’ with the wife.
Rarrrr!
Yeah.
We ended up at the local bowling alley.
About 4 lanes down from us there was a group of people that many would refer to as, well, rednecks.
Tanks tops. Tattoos. Patchy looking facial hair. Budweiser.
These folks had a bunch of kids with them, probably 7 – 10 years [...]