Off the Fence into the game.
The Pocket of Protection
Where does time go? It’s amazing to me that more than 2 months have passed since my last blog post. That goes against every intention I had and every piece of advice I received from others about how to utilize a blog in my life. Of all the “how often should a blog post” conversations
Trusting Through the Storm: Part 3
Catch up on part 1 and part 2 of our Tahoe adventure. Last night, my family and I watched Apollo 13 and one of the closing lines reminded me of another lesson the Tahoe storm taught me. As my wife and I wiped tears from our eyes at the end, Tom Hanks (as Jim Lovell)
Trusting Through the Storm: Part 2
Last time I wrote, our family was stuck with a tough choice. We could drive home from our last minute Tahoe trip in a heavy storm, or we could extend our stay and hope we wouldn’t get snowed in with no chance of picking up last minute presents and making important preparations with Christmas just
Trusting Through the Storm: Part 1
Over the Christmas break we had an amazing weekend away as a family skiing in Lake Tahoe. Our last minute decision to pull the kids out of their half day of school on Friday before the two week break, and head to the mountains turned out to be a good one. There must be some
Beyond Hearing
Yesterday morning started off as a normal weekday morning around our home. As with each school day, getting four kids out of the horizontal position in their beds and up on their feet is task one. Once that happens, it’s a pretty standard “get your clothes on, eat your breakfast, don’t forget to brush your
Trusting the System: Hosea and 22 Z-In
Today I heard a great message at church about Hosea that reminded me of a very basic but very foundational truth. I once had the same sort of experience in football during my senior season at Stanford playing for Bill Walsh. It was a great day for football back in South Bend, Indiana, where just
Attitude Check
We’ve all heard it said, “Attitude is everything.” I’ve said it to my kids and I’ve said it to the team I coach in Pop Warner football. I remind myself of it almost daily. When I played football in the NFL, attitude made the biggest difference day in and day out. Attitude is often the
Battles of the Heart: A Lesson from my 7th Grader
This past weekend I had the chance to spend a little one-on-one time with my oldest daughter. With four kids, that sort of quality time is often hard to come by, so that made the moment extra sweet for me as a dad. As my soon-to-be 13 year-old sipped her hot cocoa and I enjoyed
This is your call to get off the fence.
Fences come in every shape and size. There are rugged barbed wire fences, and rotting wooden backyard fences covered in tangled vines. There are rolling farm fences running next to open fields, and hard metal fences surrounding abandoned buildings. There are white picket fences protecting kids from running into the street, and tall zoo fences
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