I don’t hate Father’s Day; it’s the Tuesday beforehand that I can’t stand. I drag myself to the grocery store, trudge to the card aisle, and stare at the never-ending wall of cards. There are dozens, hundreds of cards to sift through and I know that I will not find what I need the first few tries.
The Spirituality of Fatherhood: Connection
August 21, 2019 by
I have vivid memories of October 31, 2013. I woke up with excitement because that afternoon we were debuting Tabernacle Baptist Church’s first Hallelujah HYPE Night.
The Spirituality of Fatherhood: Forgiveness
June 26, 2019 by
I have two children. My son is 14 and my daughter is 9. As much as I want to, I cannot recall all of details of the day I first became a father.
The Spirituality of Fatherhood: Gentleness
June 19, 2019 by
I picked up my three-day-old daughter from her bassinet, but I couldn’t make her stop screeching. I bounced, rocked, and swayed. Twenty squats later, I began to question my competency as a parent.
The Spirituality of Fatherhood: Jump
June 12, 2019 by
“What a little jerk!” is a publishable paraphrase of what I thought as I reread the story of young Jesus missing for three days in the temple while his parents frantically searched.