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A Challenge for Dads on the Way Home Today

Posted by MK | Filed under Marriage, Parenting

20 minutes. Maybe less, maybe more, but that seems like a reasonable estimation of the amount of time an average dad has between the time when he leaves work and arrives at home. There’s a myriad of different ways you might spend that time, some more profitable than others. You can break the law and [...]

A Simple Way to Die to the Self

Posted by MK | Filed under Marriage, Parenting, Theology

Are you ready for it? I’ll warn you beforehand – it’s going to sound simple, but it’s not. It takes great concentration and effort and no small measure of grace. So here goes – a simple way to die to the self: Listen. I mean really listen. Here’s why that’s hard – because very few [...]

The Glory of God’s Sustaining Grace When Our Prayers Aren’t Answered

Posted by MK | Filed under Parenting, Theology

I resonate greatly with this story from Desiring God about God’s grace when prayers aren’t answered: It doesn’t happen often, but it does happen — people see my son Paul and ask if they can pray for him. At places like WalMart (where it has happened) I usually accept their offer after quietly and quickly [...]

A Surprising Side Effect of Playing with Your Kids

Posted by MK | Filed under Parenting, Theology

This past Saturday afternoon was a pretty lazy one for our family. That’s a good thing as far as I’m concerned; our children think a bit differently, though. It only took about 7 minutes of me sitting on the couch, drinking an afternoon cup of coffee, for the calls to start: “I’m bored.” “There’s nothing [...]

Kids Feel What Parents Expressively Feel

Posted by MK | Filed under Parenting

Loved this little video from Piper. Beautiful: Kids Feel What Parents Expressively Feel from John Piper on Vimeo.

A Glimpse Into the Mind of My Son

Posted by MK | Filed under Parenting, Videos

Be sure and watch to the end. (HT:Z)

Throwing Away the Snowman

Posted by MK | Filed under Leukemia, Parenting

Today is, for me, one of the most difficult days of the year mainly because I love Christmas. I love everything about it. I’ve been listening to Christmas music since November 1 every day, all day. Our house has steadily done an advent calendar for the month of December. We even have a Santa Claus [...]

Licentiousness and Legalism at the Kitchen Table

Posted by MK | Filed under Parenting, Theology

“I wish there were no rules.” That’s what my 7-year-old said at dinner the other night when he was confronted (again) with the answer of “no” for something he wanted to do (I think it involved eating peas). He’s living under the mindset right now that the rules are there to cramp his style. They [...]

Six Lessons from a Year of Family Devotions

Posted by MK | Filed under Parenting

This past December, I finally sucked it up and started fumbling my way through leading our family in morning devotions. It’s been a wonderful, and frustrating, experience, and after 12 solid months, I think we’re in it to win it. That is, because we have consistently done this for a year, our kids now know [...]

My Favorite Prayer My Wife Prays for our Kids

Posted by MK | Filed under Parenting

My wife keeps a set of notecards above the sink in our kitchen. Each one contains a particular characteristic that she prays the Lord would build into our kids. Each morning, she flips to another card and then recycles through them. It makes me smile to think that several decades from now those same cards [...]

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