In another reflection on life back from extended time in the developing world, any reflection on re-entry or reverse culture shock typically always includes some thoughts on the abundance…and perhaps excess…of grocery…
Category: Colin
1 Day 3 Kids 3 Ways of Affection
Our family is in a bit of transition, and we have been it seems for about 2 1/2 years now! But recently we made a move to a different part of the…
Choosing Pain
This past week our older two kids were riding bikes with their mom and they were out a long time. My wife relayed the story how my daughter, who has mild cerebral…
Pre-School Theology: Grief
A couple of years ago I wrote a post entitled “The Gift Our Fish Gave Us” as a reflection on how navigating the death of their fish after two years was developmental…
Feeling Powerful
This edition of “Pre-School Theology” isn’t strict theology per se, but it’s in the neighborhood. My five year old son walked by me today and looked at me with a funny…
Seeing Clearly Seeing Whole
A few weeks ago we were on vacation with my family. One of the most memorable moments for me was watching my son (4) start to learn to swim a bit. But…
The Gift Our Fish Gave Us
Last week was a bit traumatic for my kids. Not only did we have our 1st ER trip with our infant’s newfound peanut reaction, but we suffered our first pet death. We…
Is Pain the Key to Empowerment?
It’s timely to re-post today one of the most popular posts ever on my blog, or top 10 at least. Morgan’s got another jog-a-thon in the morning (Thursday) and it brings back…
I’m Not Big, I’m Small!
A great failing of mine is not documenting as much as I should about the journeys of my son Colin. The material he provides is never-ending and awesome. He’s been going through…