Colin

It’s Not My Favorite

July 12, 2011

My three year old son is a picky eater. When we try to get him to eat new foods or eat something that we know he’s not thrilled about, his answer is consistent, “It’s not my favorite.” But then he refuses to eat it. As I’ve been reflecting on cross-cultural ministry the last couple weeks, [...]

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Summer Highlight

June 30, 2011

This has been a pretty good couple weeks for our family. I’ve been working hard and a lot but we’ve had fun moments as a family. One of the fun things right now is playing some intramural softball. Our team is horrible so there’s not much hope for winning a single game, but it’s been [...]

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Junior and the Big C

June 9, 2011

Because I’m not ready to stop posting on potty training related themes as you can see here, I’m coming back for more. One of the great enemies of potty training, besides parental failure of nerve, is the big C – meaning constipation. Nothing will ruin your awesome potty training strategies like constipation. Sometimes it’s mental, [...]

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Conquering the Potty: Empowerment Case Study

May 31, 2011

If you’ve followed me on facebook you know that one of the things we’ve doing seemingly over the last six months has been potty training my son. That process more or less miraculously came to a conclusion about a month and half ago, but wanted to give it its own space here since embedded in [...]

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My Trip to Paradise

May 18, 2011

While in Chicago a couple weeks back for some organizational meetings related to theological development, the Cubs were in town! I hadn’t been in about a decade, but it worked out to get to a game and I was in heaven. There was a rain delay for about an hour with crazy lightning so we [...]

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A Couple Family Moments

April 10, 2011

I’ve been insanely busy the last few weeks. I’ve been hindered from posting, but the ideas have been piling up and I’m going to try to get some posts out over the next couple of weeks. But I’ll share today a couple of family moments. First – I had a moment where I unconsciously starting [...]

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He Wants to Be Like Me

March 19, 2011

Have you ever had someone who wanted to be just like you? It’s kind of cool – and quite frightening as well. Childhood development is fascinating. My son pretty much gave me the heisman until he was almost two. That was hard as I contrast it with both of my daughters giving me almost equal [...]

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My St. Patrick’s Gift From My Son

March 17, 2011

Colin got this ring somewhere last week. We were out as a family and he was looking at the ring for a while and then gives me the following…. “Dad. This guy looks like you. This is you dad!” I spun it in my mind as a positive that he was embracing some of his [...]

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Ever Had a Hero? (With Video)

December 27, 2010

Have you ever had a hero? Someone who inspires you, who you want to be like, or who you want to spend as much as time possible with because to you they’re larger than life?I want to invite you into the mind of a three year old boy.I’m not going to give a big run [...]

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