I am writing this on Tuesday afternoon, and soon all the midterm voting will be concluded and folks all around me will either be elated (to soon find out their enthusiasm was premature) or devastated ...  Read More

Kids have trouble sleeping. It’s just a fact of life. At some point in their lives, they will have trouble falling asleep, have nightmares that wake them up, or constantly get in bed with their parent...  Read More

The other night I was giving Silas his bath, a part of the usual nightly routine. His tub gets filled with water, toys, soap - plenty of activities to help him wind down while being cleaned. However, ...  Read More

Over the past few mornings, my Bible readings have been in the book of Esther. A familiar story to me, and probably to you. But just to recap the story, Esther is a young woman being raised by her cou...  Read More

On Sunday the Houston Astros secured a playoff spot by winning their divisionshockingly with a record of 81-81. They are by record the worst team to ever qualify for the MLB playoffs, all thanks to pl...  Read More

Accustomed to ItHappy Autumnal Equinox Day! Today (September 22nd) marks the astronomical beginning to fall. So, it is officially fall, even though most days don’t feel like it. However, by God’s grac...  Read More

Years ago, I committed Hebrews 12 to memory mostly out of a love for the first half of the chapter. Yet, as I memorized it, the powerful language of the second half was more striking than the first. I...  Read More

A couple of weeks ago we took Silas to the Little Gym in Amarillo, which is what it sounds like, a small gym for toddlers and younger. It’s a cool place that Silas loves and really gets to moving! I o...  Read More

It’s September…apparently. I’m not sure how that happened, but it’s here. Between how quickly we moved through summer and the fact that it’s still 100 degrees outside, it’s hard to believe that it’s f...  Read More

Growing up in a farming family, I know that nothing is more emotionally taxing, financially burdensome, and even spiritually depressing as a drought. The long hot days stretch out into months with no ...  Read More

A couple of months ago I wrote about sleep training Silas and how the start to thatjourney was going, let’s just say it has been a long journey. However, we have gotten into aconsistent routine the la...  Read More

It’s official. We have a legally licensed, 16 year-old driver…and I’m old. Our oldest turned 16 on August 6th. So we scheduled her driving test for the morning of her birthday. I don’t really remember...  Read More