My wife and I recently saw the movie I’m Not Ashamed, which is the story of Rachael Joy Scott, a student who made a huge impact for Christ, and was murdered during the Columbine High School shootings. The Columbine massacre was a school shooting that occurred on April 20, 1999, at the Columbine High School in Columbine, […]
Did you ever wonder why God allows hurdles in our lives? They could be anything. Here is the huge dilemma; a hurdle to one person could be an actual praise to another. That just boggles my mind! So glad God loves us and knows our needs. There are times when we do not know how […]
I have this fear. Fear of making the wrong decision, miss stepping, and setting my life on a trajectory I never intended. A fear that one way or another, I am going to miss the turn I was supposed to make that puts me on the glory road of God’s will. It can play out […]
It is unfortunate that most young adults want to “fit in” and are afraid to be different. Yes, they say that they want to be different, but for the most part they do the same things that others their age do. One might say that they got a tattoo or a body piercing because they wanted […]
In the last blog, we ended with two important guidelines for adults relating to inflexible-explosive children. The adult needs to maintain a calm voice while repeating instructions and be willing to negotiate with the child. Failure to do these two actions will most likely cause mutual escalation resulting in painful meltdowns. When an adult makes […]
One very memorable moment happened after one of my first driving escapades. Waiting three years to be free of seizures traumatized my social life, or at least that is what I thought. That particular evening I was able to drive instead of being chauffeured to bible study. What independence! Wearing that cloak of pride felt very exhilarating, until […]
There was this mom… and like many moms, she was tired. O so tired: tired of breaking up the fights, tired of “connecting” like the good parenting advice says to do, tired of tucking in and saying goodnight, tired of getting the food on the table. Very tired, tired of being mom. Day after day […]
Parenting an inflexible-explosive child can be very frustrating and exhausting. Consider the following example. The family consists of three elementary age children with both parents. The children are doing their own thing in play when Mother calls them for supper. Two of the children leave their activities and go to wash hands; one does it […]
Years ago, my wife, son and I went on a train ride from Harrisburg, PA to New York City, so we could see the devastation that happened on 9/11. I discussed this trip in an earlier blog, but what I didn’t tell you about is the interesting man we met. It was at the end […]
Watching the Olympics has been exhilarating. Each participating athlete made a conscious decision to work towards an Olympic medal. That choice meant sacrificing of themselves; time with friends and family, not being able to do other things, having to juggle school work and practices, etc. In order to accomplish their goal, they had to make […]