Author Archives: carl

my name is dad

How do you teach hard lessons to an adult?  You know the one that says: “you aren’t a child anymore, it is time to face responsibility…” I don’t have much more to say than that.  One child/adult is leaving for college and seems to be intent on packing as much fun into five days as can be done without taking caring of what they are responsible for in their life and their needs for college.  Guess if they haven’t learned it by now they will learn it the hard way soon enough. My name is dad and I don’t know what I am talking about.   Tweet #fighting4answrs

the teacher becomes the student.

My daughter recently returned from a mission trip.  The goal of the ministry was to aide in serving the homeless population in a large city. My daughter, who is in considerable pain from an injury to her leg, and wearing a knee immobilizing  brace said that they best part of the mission trip was busing tables. “Why,” I asked her, “was that the best part of the trip?” “Because it gave me a chance to talk to the people.”  was her reply. Now my daughter is normally reserved around people she doesn’t know, so this is a huge statement about how profound the experience was for her. I couldn’t be more proud. Related articles Mission trips are not a walk in the park (yesterdaylucas.com) New Orleans, here we come! (musingsofamatureyouthminister.wordpress.com) FREE: Mission Trip Devotions (youthmin.org) Are Short-Term Mission Trips Really Worth It? (marccortez.com) Tweet #fighting4answrs

Kindle Fire, facebook and grrrr

David got angry with his brother because his brother asked him to leave a room David isn’t supposed to be in.  So he stole my Kindle Fire.  Not a huge deal in the grand scheme of things, but how does that help? Oh and he got on facebook again….. grrrrr and facebook won’t let me delete his account without his permission. he got on facebook through the Kindle, which was secured in my bedroom. He isn’t allowed technology and especially facebook because he likes to friend people he shouldn’t and threaten people. What good did it do for him to spend 3 full days in the hospital? Tweet #fighting4answrs