It’s crazy to believe that the LA Riots or “civil unrest” was 20 years ago. As the media has been starting to take people back to what happened 20 years ago, I’ve…
Category: family
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…
Self: The Most Pernicious Program of All
Here’s the second post of my re-release of this advent series. This post was originally posted December 1st, 2010. ———————————– This is part two out of three of a mini-blog series on…
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…
Why I Should Watch More Barbie
….according to my six year old daughter Morgan. So I’ve posted a couple posts already about Barbie, the last being one about identity formation among young girls especially. I thought I’d make…
Barbie, Princesses & Identity Formation
I’m going to rattle off a second straight Barbie themed post, because it’s part of my life stage with a 6 year old daughter right now (never mind that my 3 year…
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…
Empowerment and Voice
I’ve enjoyed somewhat of a vacation from blogging over the past couple weeks, but looking forward to getting some posts up in the near future.Leaders frequently talk about empowerment and servant leadership…
P.E. Empowerment
One of my highlights this past month has been seeing my daughter make the transition into Kindergarten. It’s fun seeing her develop more of a world of her own and continue learning…