Most of us are welcoming 2021 into our lives with a special enthusiasm, eager to say good-bye to a 2020 filled with pandemic pain and inconvenience as well as political, racial, and economic turmoil. We are all ready for a fresh start. But of course fresh starts are birthed out of past experiences. We are […]
Nate Adams
Holly, meet Ivy
It has been several years since our family celebrated Christmas with a baby in the house. And yet this year there will be two! Ezra was born in June to our son Noah and his wife, Alyssa, and then in September Ivy Ann arrived, to the joy of our son Caleb and his wife, Laura. […]
A rare adventure
“The Wizard of Oz” is said to be the most viewed film in movie history. Made in 1939, this classic production has certainly had more years than most to gain that notoriety. But it didn’t premiere on broadcast television until 1956. And as a pastor’s son growing up in the 1960s, “The Wizard of Oz” […]
Pulling together
A few years ago, I had an opportunity to write a book about Christian parenting. At the time, our three boys were 15, 13, and 10, and if I had waited until all those teen years were over, I might not have claimed any expertise at all. But with the experience I had at the […]
Asking
One class I needed to take in college as part of my Communication Arts major was simply called Salesmanship. I learned a lot, mostly because the class was taught by an experienced sales executive who had retired from a large Chicago agency. During one class, after what I thought had been one of my more […]
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