Category: Purely Personal

Flashback Friday: The View From The Passenger’s Seat

Flashback Friday: The View From The Passenger’s Seat

Today is the day. Our lives have changed forever. We are officially old. Our firstborn is sixteen. While it will be a few more days until Jacob gets the coveted piece of plastic that will...

Walkin’ After Midnight

In case I haven’t mentioned it in the last 15 minutes or so, I have a daughter. A daughter whom I love very much. A daughter whom I love very much, despite what you might...

Flashback Friday: How Did You Get Here?

Flashback Friday: How Did You Get Here?

This week we’ve been talking about the Summit’s 10th and 50th year anniversary here on the blog. During times with our staff team this week, there have been lots of “how did you get here?”...

Tea Time

Tea Time

Merriem captured these pictures just before the Super Bowl party last night. Best imaginary tea I’ve ever had! All those things you guys have been telling me about having a daughter? So true. Be still...

Choosing Life

Yesterday was the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, as well as the observation of what the evangelical church refers to as Sanctity of Human Life Sunday. For 19 years of ministry I’ve observed SOHL...

Ho Ho No Mo’

Ho Ho No Mo’

Christmas Eve, 11:32 PM, and I was stuck smack in the middle of an ethical dilemma. A moral conundrum. A rock and a hard place. It wasn’t my annual night-before-Christmas problem: drinking Santa’s cup of...

Kiss Baby Jesus

Kiss Baby Jesus

We have a nativity set in our house. Okay, we have several nativity sets in our house, but right now all but two of ’em are boxed up, ready to move. One of our favorite...

I’m With Joe

I’ve been thinking a lot about Joseph this season. You know…Joseph of Nazareth. The forgotten parent of Jesus. Russ Moore’s excellent blog post earlier this week both encapsulated and expanded on much of what I’ve...

It’s Official!

It’s Official!

If you’re newish to the ol’ blog…say in the last six weeks or so…don’t jump right into this post. Doing so will confuse you with too much cuteness and not enough context. Instead, start with...

Life. Alone.

Life. Alone.

For the last four days I’ve been a man on his own. My sons are traveling cross country with their grandparents in an RV (National Lampoon movie, anyone?) and Merriem is in the deep south...