One of your children’s most beloved books in your home might soon be your high school yearbook. Your children know you as a responsible (or somewhat responsible) adult fully equipped with bills, a job, and a minivan, yet before they ever knew you, a lot of your life had already been lived. Seeing your extracurricular activities, fashion statements, and funny …
One of the highlights of Family Camp was taking my children on their very first canoe ride. I had the three children (ages 6, 6, and 2), while Amanda and Tammy were in another canoe. You might think I was brave, but I think it would have more dangerous being in the canoe with Amanda and Tammy with how jumpy and …
We have some summer goals for our family. One of those goals was to take the swimmies off for our boys and get them swimming on their own. I am happy to say that they have passed swimming tests and are excited about the water. Mom, on the other hand, is a nervous wreck! It has caused us to keep constant …
Today, I got the privilege to speak at RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards). Housed at Erskine College, high school students from around SC are selected for a week of training in servant leadership. I have gotten to speak the last few years and have been asked to talk about the role of one’s relationships as it relates to leadership. OG, …
My wife and I both lead a discipleship group at our church. While we love doing things as couples, and our groups do that, we have found a lot of men and women who will get more real with each other if the group is not co-ed. Many of the guys in my group have wives in Amanda’s group. We …
“Like arrows in the hand of a warrior or the children of one’s youth” (Psalm 127:4). On the battlefield, arrows can hit targets beyond the archer’s physical reach. The analogy from Ps. 127:4 reveals that in our lives, our children can do more for the Kingdom of God than we can if we love them according to God’s instructions. Think …
When Amanda went away for 2 days for a conference, I had the privilege of watching all 3 bambinos by myself. In addition to some planned fun, cutting down a couple of trees, I also tried to maintain the house as clean as my wife’s preferred standards. That involved making the children work for food. Gloria has gotten real messy …
Special day, today. We focused on how to experience the good life. How to have peace on earth. To begin the services, we played a little Trans Siberian Orchestra and told the story of the cello player in Bosnia where the melody originally came from. After the Allens did a great job welcoming us into worship, we did a worship …
In this stage of parenting, I hear one phrase as much if not more than all other phrases: “Dad, look at what I did.” Even if it is Baby Gloria babbling at me and pointing to something she knocked over, my children desire for me to recognize their accomplishments. I am constantly being called to look at pictures drawn, letters …
The Agnews piled in the minivan in the middle of September for a 4-day trip to the beach. We had just finished a month where we had started homeschooling and I returned to teaching at Lander. We had started back up our college group at the house. We had also just finished a week of Gathering services in addition to …
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