What Every Parent Needs To Know About Spanking
If you’re ever at a loss for how to piss a lot of people off in one fell swoop, criticize parents for spanking. That will do it every...
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The Upside Down World ~ The Blog
- Jan 14, 2017
- 4 min
Trump’s Responsibility to Avoid the Appearance of All Kinds of Evil
Years ago, I looked out the window and saw my 12-year-old chasing her 6-year-old sister and swinging a baseball bat at her while she rode...
- Dec 23, 2016
- 5 min
Jesus Saved Our Christmas Dinner
We have a seating problem in our home. Well, two of them actually. The first is that our chairs don’t match and the folding chairs have...
- May 28, 2015
- 5 min
Explaining God to a Child
A lot of Christians have a strong desire to ensure that their children follow them in the faith. And to that end, a great deal of energy...
- Oct 24, 2014
- 4 min
Being Passive is a Discipline
Passivity is a discipline. In fact, sometimes I think it is the hardest discipline – particularly in a culture like ours. We humans like...
- Sep 23, 2014
- 2 min
Allow Me to Share the Holy Grail of Parenting
Seriously. Try it. It’s a long term strategy, but it works. And it’s much, much, much easier than continually forcing your will on...
- May 30, 2014
- 6 min
When Parents Disagree
What I’m about to say flies in the face of nearly everything you’ve ever heard on the subject of how to handle disagreements between...
- May 23, 2014
- 6 min
Why the White Dude Crossed the Tracks
Back when I did prison ministry, we used to have this crazy old white dude who would come in to talk with the boys. He had a ministry...
- Apr 18, 2014
- 6 min
Raising Moral Kids Pt. 3
Let’s say that you take your young child to a friend’s house and while she is there, she breaks a toy. Would you prefer that she: A....
- Apr 17, 2014
- 4 min
Raising Moral Kids Pt. 2
So, I started telling y’all about an interesting article on what research can tell us about raising moral kids. Today’s take-away from...
- Apr 16, 2014
- 3 min
Raising Moral Kids, Pt 1
I thought this was a great article in the NYT about what researchers have to say about raising moral kids. A lot of it is stuff we all...
- Apr 10, 2014
- 4 min
My Amazing Discipline Trick!
One of these days, I’ll have to tell you about my oldest son Noah. He was really something. Even my mom didn’t want to watch him. And she...
- Apr 9, 2014
- 2 min
Great Power and Petty Beligerance
Yesterday, I wrote about how the changing role and nature of authority in our lives demands that we change the way we parent our kids....
- Apr 8, 2014
- 4 min
Raise Good Adults, Not Good Kids
I read a story a while back about an anthropologist who was studying some tribal group in New Guinea. He noticed that everyone had at...
- Jul 8, 2013
- 5 min
Screaming Like A Banshee, How Not To
Once upon a time, self-mastery/self-control was a highly valued trait for a Christian to have. Unfortunately, what passed for...
- Jan 15, 2013
- 3 min
Wrestling Hope
“Totally without hope one cannot live. To live without hope is to cease to live. Hell is hopelessness. It is no accident that above the...
- Dec 29, 2012
- 7 min
Do Your Kids Know Their Own Story?
I’m having some trouble writing at the moment, so in honor of my daughter Olivia’s 3rd birthday, here’s a repeat which ends with the...
- Dec 27, 2012
- 5 min
Jesus Saved Our Christmas Dinner
We have a seating problem in our home. Well, two of them actually. The first is that our chairs don’t match and the folding chairs have...
- Dec 20, 2012
- 6 min
For the Woman at the Post Office Who is Reporting Me for Child Abuse
I gave her my name, so I’m kind of hoping she googles me. Cuz that’s how cool I am – if you google my name, it brings ya here. As long as...
- Dec 18, 2012
- 4 min
Do You Treat God Like Old Aunt Myrtle?
“Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all.” Luke 18:17 When ever I have hear...
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