Tag: Fatherhood
Posted on December 7, 2013
by Leo
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Claire had her first Thanksgiving this year and she got to meet some family members she hadn’t met before. Claire had some other firsts besides Thanksgiving and family: She started waving her hands to say hi and bye and if you listen carefully enough… Continue Reading “Switching Car Seats”
Category: enjoying the moment, fatherhood, fathers, home and family, living in the moment, Parenting, UncategorizedTags: Baby, car seat, Child safety seat, Children, family members, Fatherhood, growing up, Home and Family, infant car seat, Thanksgiving
Posted on November 25, 2013
by Leo
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We have a serious problem with manhood in our society. I recently gave a talk to 8th grade boys on this topic and when I asked them to raise their hand and tell me if they understood what it meant to be a man,… Continue Reading “Live, Fight, Die”
Category: adventure, battle, best self, dying to self, fatherhood, fathers, fighting, living, manhood, Parenting, surrendering, Uncategorized, video gamesTags: battle, Dragon, dying to self, Elder Scrolls V Skyrim, Fatherhood, fighting, living, manhood, Video game
Posted on November 7, 2013
by Leo
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So I think I am figuring out this whole timing thing with a baby. I am told that getting anywhere on time with kids is pretty much impossible. “You just have to plan better” was my answer. That was always responded to with laughter… Continue Reading “The 45 Minute Cushion”
Category: fatherhood, fathers, living, patience, time managementTags: Cat, Claire, daughter, Diaper, Fatherhood, fathers, parenting, time management
Posted on October 31, 2013
by Leo
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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 15, 2013
by Leo
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A few days ago I was in a Wal-Mart with my daughter Claire and I saw that they already had Halloween costumes out. There were two high school girls looking at the different outfits and I happened to overhear their conversation. The one girl… Continue Reading “The Skimpy Costume Dilemma”
Category: costumes, dignity, fatherhood, fathers, God, halloween, holiness, modesty, Parenting, Uncategorized, youth ministryTags: Costume, costumes, dignity, Fatherhood, fathers, girls, halloween, Halloween costume, Halloween costumes, holiness, modesty, Parties, sacred, skimpy costumes, youth ministry
Posted on October 9, 2013
by Leo
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The last couple of weeks I’ve noticed that my wife and I have been unable to spend a lot of quality time together. Claire is such a gift and we love her to death, but taking care of her leaves us exhausted. There are… Continue Reading “Mommy Daddy Time”
Category: date night, enjoying the moment, fatherhood, God, husband and wife, Parenting, UncategorizedTags: Date Night, Fatherhood, God, Grimm, husband and wife, Marriage, parenting, relationship, relationships, romance
Posted on September 23, 2013
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I love gazing at my daughter. Not looking at, but gazing. When I think of gazing I think of staring with the intent to acknowledge the worthiness of the object I am gazing at. I look at toast. I gaze at my wife and… Continue Reading “Through the eyes of the Father”
Category: fatherhood, fathers, God, ParentingTags: beauty, daughter, Fatherhood, fathers, gazing, God, love, parenting, spirituality
Posted on September 10, 2013
by Leo
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Before getting married I thought I was a pretty selfless person. When I got married I thought I needed to be a little less selfish. When we had Claire I came to the realization of the full extent of my selfishness. It was real,… Continue Reading “Holding on to you, dear life”
Posted on August 29, 2013
by Leo
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The other night my Facebook newsfeed was inundated with comments about Miley Cyrus and something crazy, raunchy, etc that she did. I finally decided to Google her name and see what would pop up. Yikes. I’m sure by now many of you have seen the… Continue Reading “The Cyrus Lesson”
Category: fatherhood, God, Parenting, youth ministryTags: dignity, example, Fatherhood, fathers, goodness, Miley Cyrus, parenting, vma performance, worth
Posted on August 24, 2013
by Leo
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My daughter has this thing for lights. When Claire was born the doctors said she was really observant, which apparently is a sign of intelligence (she gets if from my wife). I remember Claire looking at the many lights in the labor room and… Continue Reading “The Light”
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