Tag: fathers
Posted on July 13, 2014
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This a post from a fellow blogger Matthew Warner from his blog the Radical Life: http://theradicallife.org/willing-to-watch. This is a great post and one I’ve been wanting to write about. Enjoy! I have the privilege of taking my son to his Taekwondo class every… Continue Reading “Willing to Watch”
Category: children, distractions, enjoying the moment, fatherhood, Parenting, UncategorizedTags: cell phones, Children, distractions, enjoying the moment, Fatherhood, fathers, Matthew Warner
Posted on June 7, 2014
by Leo
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If you have had a child for more than a few days you will know about the awesome power of the pacifier. Whether you call it a paci, binkie or dummy (the British apparently call it that) it rocks. It is a simple… Continue Reading “The Pacifier”
Category: children, fatherhood, fathers, Pacifiers, UncategorizedTags: Binkies, Children, Fatherhood, fathers, Keeping kids calm, paci, Pacifiers, parenting
Posted on May 7, 2014
by Leo
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As a Youth Minister I have come to see that 95% of the issues many kids have are in one way or another related to daddy issues. Whenever I have a kid come to me about drugs, behavioral, social, spiritual, sexual and or emotional… Continue Reading “A New Tradition”
Category: children, daughters, enjoying the moment, fatherhood, Parenting, youth ministryTags: Children, dates, Fatherhood, fathers, new traditions, parenting
Posted on February 20, 2014
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I have been wanting to write a post like this in the last few weeks and then I read this post from a fellow blogger named Matthew Warner. He says it way better than I could. Enjoy! Here is a link to his awesome… Continue Reading “It’s My Fault”
Category: children, fatherhood, fathers, God, home and family, ParentingTags: being a man, Fatherhood, fathers, God, Matthew Warner, parenting, Radical living, taking responsability
Posted on January 15, 2014
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There are moments like today where I miss the calm, ordered, predictable life I once had. I had an apartment that was clean. Everything was placed in a particular way that made logical sense. I got up at a certain time. Went to sleep… Continue Reading “The Old Days”
Category: best self, complacency, dying to self, fatherhood, fathers, home and family, manhood, Parenting, surrendering, UncategorizedTags: best self, comfort, dying to self, Fatherhood, fathers, Home and Family
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
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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 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 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
Discovering Fatherhood 