Parenting Paradox
The Good: Our last born lost his first tooth yesterday. He’s been wondering for a while when the big moment was going to happen, and so were we, since there wasn’t a sign of...
Category: Purely Personal
This Post is Rated PG-13
Today, I’m walking down memory lane. Today, I have a loop reel of the faces of hundreds of parents that I served during my years as a Student Pastor. I remember looking them dead...
Insights on Incisors, Part Two
This is an unplanned follow up to a previous post, if you’d like to catch up. Yesterday I had to make a return trip to the dentist’s office to replace a filling that decided...
I Kissed Kissing Goodbye
I interrupt your Valentine’s Day for an unusual Saturday post from Connective Tissue. I didn’t want to interrupt you, because I know many of you are sneaking the conversation hearts from your kid’s goodie...
Investing Yourself
Monday night I caught up with a friend of mine from back in Tennessee. I’ve known Zach since he was a wee lad (he’s several years younger than me). When I was in high...
Insights on Incisors
I can’t think of a better way to spend a morning than to hang out in the dentist’s chair. Oh sure, being kicked in the head with a golf shoe or repeatedly jabbed in...
One Year Later
On February 6, 2008, I flipped on the TV as I was getting ready to come into the office. Good Morning America was running a story about a tornado that had touched down in...
Extreme Home Breakdown
It’s been a busy weekend at the Franks household. So busy, in fact, that coming back to the Grand Central Station we call the Summit offices is looking pretty dang good. This was the...
Frank Capra was a Liar
For my out-of-state readers, let me bring you up to speed by telling you that the Triangle area received anywhere from 2 to 6 inches of snow on Monday night. (Without that info, this...
Aftermath
This is a view of my office after a busy Frontline / Starting Point weekend. There comes a point on a weekend like this that you stop looking for places to put things, and...
