The Divine Crash

I wanted to share this video with you. It has nothing to do with faith or spirituality but has everything to do with my kids.  Enjoy! 

The walk of shame.  When a college student stumbles back into their dorm after a long night of partying, usually with messed up hair and the same clothes on.  Everyone can see what they are doing and everyone knows why. Have you ever experienced this?  I was not cool enough to experience this.  However, I [...]

For some reason my son has been waking up at about 6am.  This isn’t bad, as long as he stays in his room.  However, he has some radar that knows if I move.  It doesn’t matter how quiet I try to be.  If I move he runs into the room and jumps on the bed. [...]

On Friday I got home from Germany to a house full of sick people.  By Monday we rushed my son to the hospital, he wasn’t breathing well.  We sat in the ER of Pittsburgh Children’s hospital for what seemed like hours.  The people were wonderful and took great care of my son.  Once they gave [...]

Dear Jesus, As I sit here and think back on the thanksgiving meal I thank you for not making the empty seat awkward for me. I am still not sure what it means that I sat there. As my daughter sits here asleep on my lap I am in awe that you felt me [...]

This weekend I am playing Mr. Mom while my wife is at a clergy spouse retreat, thus leaving me with both kids.

As a pastor their are continuous assaults on my time and on the time I get to spend with my family.  As a result I have to guard that time as if I were guarding Fort Knox.
However, sometimes things come up that cannot be avoided and cannot be stopped.  Two of those things are weddings [...]

Last night my daughter spent seven hours crying.  She woke up at 11:30 and cried until 6am.  We had no idea why.  She ate, had clean pants, and had everything she needed.  There w
as no reason for her to be crying.  I wanted more than anything for her to stop, whether it was colic, teething, [...]