Category Archives: Family

Your Internet Prayer

Posted on July 3, 2020 by

Well… where to begin? Context helps, so here’s some: we’re in the middle of an escalating pandemic. We’re finally dealing with our deep issues of racism and injustice toward people of different skin tones. We’re watching the world economy do … Continue reading →

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Family Update – February 2020

Posted on February 3, 2020 by

Almost exactly one year ago today, I wrote about our family’s journey with addiction and how we were helping Emily get the healing and recovery she desperately needed. You can read that post here. Now, a year later, I share … Continue reading →

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Hospital Night Light

Posted on January 1, 2020 by

I took Mac to see his friend who’s recovering from surgery. While we were in his room, I noticed one of those hospital night lights. If you’re unfamiliar, it’s the night light that looks like a small furnace vent. Instead … Continue reading →

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Bounce House!

Posted on July 16, 2019 by

Our first turns 15 today.  When she turned 13, I was shocked to suddenly become the parent of a teenager.  Several years later and I’m all in as the dad of a teen.  Lexi is, of course, a different kind … Continue reading →

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PartridgeFamilyEsque

Posted on March 28, 2019 by

Both Emily and I graduated with Music degrees from Spring Arbor University.  In fact, we met in a class called Music Perspectives, which, for us, has the double meaning of seeing music from different perspectives and meeting our perspective spouses.  Well … Continue reading →

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Emily’s Back

Posted on March 15, 2019 by

I’m so proud of Emily.  Two weeks ago we were there (boys/Emily’s parents) for her graduation ceremony.  Even in recovery she’s a straight-A student.  She worked hard, took advantage of every training and therapeutic opportunity, and put in the effort.  … Continue reading →

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Leave of Absence

Posted on February 4, 2019 by

It was announced yesterday at Renovation Church that I am on a Leave of Absence for the month of February.  I want to tell you why that is, what’s been going on, and what we’re doing right now. Our lives … Continue reading →

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Christmas Tree 2018

Posted on December 5, 2018 by

We got our Christmas tree last night, a room-filling Douglas fir, complete with a few pine cones still holding on after the long ride from the forest.  We can thank German Lutherans for the practice of erecting a tree and … Continue reading →

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39th Birthday Weekend – Detroit, Ann Arbor, and Back Again to Kalamazoo

Posted on November 20, 2018 by

We hit the road early Friday morning to make it to the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI.  Emily’s folks got me tickets to the Ford Rouge Factory Tour, which is where the Ford F150 is built and dreams come … Continue reading →

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[RadCast] Colossians 3:18-19 Wives, submit — Husbands, love (agapao).

Posted on November 12, 2018 by

Home is where we become more like Jesus. Why is marriage so difficult? We are called to out-serve each other in a culture that calls for self sufficiency. Only by grace.

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