Posts in category For the Heart

This week we celebrated our tenth anniversary. Ten years ago I stood at the front of a church and cried my eyes out at the …

Why did I take my son on this trip? On one level, I did it because my wife and I heard about the idea from some friends. We thought it was a brilliant way to connect deeply with our children, and we decided to take each child on an overnight getaway at certain milestones. But on another level, I did it because a fresh conviction has been gripping me ever more tightly. It is a conviction that springs from the words found in Proverbs 23:26, “My son, give me your heart.”

I know few better ways to understand myself than being a father. Because kids are, after all, just little humans with all of the wonderful …

Recently I attended a concert of the Hangzhou Symphony Orchestra.  A violin concerto called “The Butterfly Lovers” was a part of the program. My youngest daughter, …

It’s entirely possible to write blog articles mechanically or artificially. This one is quite personal. My wife’s due date for our fourth child is today. …

There’s a very striking story about a man who never learned to read but who had a well-worn Bible. Someone asked him why the pages …

I was recently invited to speak for a weekend conference for men, discussing our roles in the family and the church. Topics like this kill …

I try not to make a habit of this, but I’m going to start out by telling you a lie. It’s a lie that you …

We humans like to talk about human ingenuity as our own greatest hope. We’re confident that if we work together we can solve society’s worst problems. We’ll even pretend that we can deliver the planet. But we’d also like to keep the argument in our back pocket that when things go badly wrong God should have done something.

If I want my children to give me their heart, I must not miss those tender moments when they offer it.