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Reflections on everyday daddy stuff
Posted on November 30, 2015 by Leo
Happy New Year! In the Church, Advent commences the Christian New Year. Advent is the season that most retailers miss between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Advent is a preparation in anticipation for the coming of Jesus. Most people focus on Jesus coming during Christmas, but… Continue Reading “Advent: 4 Ways to Become a Better Man & Father this Season.”
Category: Advent, being a man, best self, Catholic, christianity, christmas, fatherhood, fully alive, God, home and family, Jesus, surrendering, UncategorizedTags: Advent, being a man, best self, catholic, Christianity, christmas, dying to self, Fatherhood, God, jesus, religion, second coming
Posted on June 14, 2015 by Leo
The vacuum cleaner starts and Claire goes on alert. Claire stands by watching to see where I am going to go next. There is healthy mix of fear, excitement, and wonder as the vacuum zooms by. As I pass Claire retreats with a concerned… Continue Reading “Awe, Wonder & Fear: Vacuuming at our Home.”
Posted on August 4, 2014 by Leo
Recently at my church a young pregnant woman passed away. I won’t say how or names in order to keep their personal information private. I did not know this woman or her family, but they are a part of my faith family so it… Continue Reading “Fragile”
Category: complacency, death, enjoying the moment, fatherhood, fully alive, living, living in the moment, SufferingTags: death, Fatherhood, fully alive, living, living in the moment, parenting
Posted on October 31, 2013 by Leo
So complacency has led us to not live our lives to the full. Complacency has in many ways stolen our ability to see what this fullness even looks like. Worse of all, complacency has stolen our heart—the one thing we need to be fully… Continue Reading “Fully Alive: Part II – Waking the Dead”
Category: best self, complacency, fatherhood, fathers, fully alive, God, holiness, living, Parenting, surrendering, UncategorizedTags: Contentment, dying to self, Fatherhood, fathers, fully alive, glory, glory of god, God, Human, love, Marriage, parenting, Warm Bodies, Zombie, Zombie comedy
Posted on October 24, 2013 by Leo
There are so many things to fear in this world: death, being mugged, losing a loved one, loss of financial stability, cancer…the list goes on. I fear never becoming the man God has called me to be. There is something incredibly frightening at the… Continue Reading “Fully Alive: Part I”
Category: best self, complacency, dying to self, fatherhood, fathers, fully alive, God, holiness, Jesus, living, UncategorizedTags: Christianity, Contentment, fully alive, Glory (religion), God, Irenaeus, life, living, parenting, Saint Irenaeus, Satan
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