Oh no, I moaned. Honey, please come. You need to see. It’s bad. He came. I scrolled. And late Saturday night, we strode into our 12 year-old’s otherworld where Jim saw what I had seen: Scotchlover16 RealDirtyDon. No. Not good, Jim said,. We winced at the too-gleeful, Joker-y profile picture of a 30-something male. One of Sam’s…
Why celebrate a coming that’s already done? My boys asked that. It’s a great question, since advent means coming and Advent is here. We could say, the coming has come. Does it seem strange that we prepare for the coming of something that’s already come? But that Something was “the Holy Thing” which shall be…
It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to your name, O Most High; to declare your lovingkindness in the morning and your faithfulness by night. Psalm 92:1-2 Good means good. Good means beneficial and having advantage for us. As in, Eat your fruits and vegetables—they’re good for you. And exercise is good too. Giving thanks to God benefits us….
Son, you get the Lunchable. Would you like some ice cream too? Those words cut across every grain of my don’t-back-down, actions-have-consequences, hold-the-line parental instinct. And then some. On the table was an “Uploaded Pizza Lunchable.” Despite the absence of whole food health, these had somehow weasled their way as a field trip lunch tradition. But…