Daniel

Peace of the Puzzle

My son loves puzzles and (allow me to brag) he’s pretty good at them. Intended for older kids? No problem. He’ll work diligently trying connections over and over until at last he’s looking at a completed picture, staring at me expecting applause as he puts the last piece into place. My daughter, on the other…
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Vomit Comet Christianity

“Houston, we have a problem.” Apollo 13 is a good movie. I think we can all agree that Tom Hanks is a national treasure second only to the movie National Treasure 2. Both star Ed Harris so I rest my case. Here are some little known facts about that movie that I’m certain you didn’t…
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The Night Light

I may have avoided every math class possible in college but I do know this equation: 2 year old + new baby sibling + new unkown surroundings = no sleep for Daddy. When we found out that a 2nd child was on the way, we jokingly put up an eviction notice on the nursery room…
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Seeing Shadows

One of my 2018 resolutions is to read the Bible from cover to cover. So far I’ve gotten past the first chapter of Genesis. Yay, progress! But I’ve been thinking about God’s first words: “Let there be light.”
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Heroes and Humanity

Hot take: We human beings are created with the desire to worship. We see examples of it everywhere – we worship the guy who can run fast and jump high. We worship people who pretend to be other people for a living. We worship pastors, CEOs, politicians and even fictional comic book characters – because…
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The Hassle of Name Calling

My son is now a walking, running, talking toddler. That fact would be sobering if not for the fact that it drives me to drink. Each week it seems there’s some new discovery, skill or phase that we get to navigate as first-time parents. Lately, I’ve found that when I call to him from across…
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What’s the matter with you?

I’ve been thinking lately about what really matters. Black lives? All lives? They matter? What does it mean to matter? In school I learned (thanks, mom!) that matter was what made up the universe. It was fuel to be turned to energy, it made up the huge boulders of mountains and the soft skin of…
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Lessons from Josh

Spoiler alert: I’m not God. Some of you may have already figured that out, but in my first year as a dad I have had a few moments that have reminded me of how God the Father must feel watching over me… moments that left me feeling like a big baby:
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The Gospel of Drai’s

This is a story of the the best nightclub I never saw. Drai’s After hours Club was an exclusive spot hidden a few floors beneath a casino called Bill’s Gamblin’ Hall & Saloon (and it wasn’t as classy as the name implies). In the middle of the night party people with high hopes would make…
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Life Lessons on Channel 14

One night back in the mid-90s I noticed my tv skipped from 13 to 15. I tuned in directly to Channel 14 to discover it was the scrambled signal of HBO. As a sheltered homeschooled teenager, I knew this was a major discovery.
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