Fathers. When I think of fathers, I think of doers. They do... things. Even if sometimes the things they are doing is resting until they have to do something else! Whether it’s doing things around the house, doing things at work, doing things with the family, we always have something to do. 

Being a father is a wonderful thing. When I had my first child, I was excited and very proud! I had this small, innocent, helpless spark of possibility and potential placed into my care. I know a lot of fathers experience fear but I did not. I have an amazing wife and family that, I knew, had my back and would be there to help me. I grew up in a good family with a great dad. I had other men mentor me and show me what it means to care for my children. And, of course, I also had my faith in a Heavenly Father. What an example He has been in my life! Talk about a doer! Provider, Protector, and Teacher. These are just a few attributes of God that stick out to me when I think of God as my Father. It amazes me how these attributes overflow into my role as a father. 


I was preparing to write a follow-up post to Pastor Louis’ message on sex this past Sunday when I received this email from Paul Tripp. I can’t really say anything better than Paul Tripp so I decided to share his words with you.

Garage sale junkie. That’s certainly part of who I am and something I enjoy! I actually had a garage sale this past December after purging items from our home while on COVID confinement.

A very sweet couple stopped by and while the gentleman played with my grandson’s toys, I carried on a conversation with his wife. It didn’t take long for us to get on to the subject of Jesus or for her to hand me a postcard inviting me to City Awakening. We must have talked for 15 minutes before I called my husband outside to meet Mary Kay and Jeff. We then continued our conversation.

In April 2020, my husband Randy and I began isolating due to the COVID outbreak. We were accustomed to seeing family multiple times a week. Because of our age, we were both very afraid of contracting the virus and of all of the “unknowns” at the time. It was lonely, and we weren’t sure what to place our hope in. Our daughter, Kristen, is on staff as the Missions Coordinator at City Awakening. We have always enjoyed attending church with her when we visit, so when she suggested we watch the service online with her, we were eager to join. Although we were hours apart, it felt like we were going to church together each week.

There is a significant problem with the term “justice,” because we’ve turned it into a convoluted term that’s defined by our own competing visions for justice. We’ve created a limited singular view of justice that advocates for our own singular areas of interest, while ignoring numerous other areas of injustice. We’re advocates against racism, but not abortion...We’re advocates against abortion, but not racism...We’re advocates for singular areas of interest.