HopeForYourFamily

My six year old had his first sleepover party this week.  The original guest list had four of his buddies from school coming over for the mayhem.  Only two made it.  If felt like a whole army!
Please don’t misunderstand.  I am not complaining.  It was a blast, and I thoroughly enjoyed being an active part [...]

Tags: family, manhood, parenting, spiritual formation

Spring is in the air, at least here at my home of Baton Rouge.  (Along with the abominable yellow dust of misery, but that’s for another post on another day!)  The weather, the greenery, and the birds all serve to remind us that life continues to emerge and change.  Closets are cleaned out.  Cars are [...]

Tags: discipline, personal responsibility, spiritual formation, the journey

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If you have not yet heard about the success of Urban Prep Academy in Chicago, check this out!  Hats off to these young men and the educators who have believed in them and called them out and up.

Tags: adolescence, character, discipline, HOPE, manhood, personal responsibility, respect, teaching, teens

I suppose you could call it ironic.  Or maybe just sad.
A great portion of my professional work every day is being a good listener.  If I am going to have any reasonable hope of helping my clients, I have to listen carefully.  Listen to their words.  Listen to the emotion behind the words.  Listen to [...]

Tags: discipline, spiritual formation

I find my self at Ground Zero.  Last night, I got my guitar out of the case where it has rested since Hurricane Gustav.  Wow – that’s been a while!  The short story is God has finally managed to break through the hardened crust around my heart to convict me to relinquish Facebook from my [...]

Tags: discipline, facebook, guitar, the journey