This post originally appeared as an exclusive article in Kirk Cameron’s new community: The Campfire. To join, sign up here. Few things in life are as daunting (and of course, enjoyable), as parenting. And few things in parenting are as challenging or heart-breaking, as discipline. No parent in their right mind, or with a good …
This post originally appeared as an exclusive article in Kirk Cameron’s new community: The Campfire. To join, sign up here. I remember the first car I ever owned that had leather seats with heat warmers and an automatic starter. No longer did I have to dart to the car, chilled to the bone and praying …
This post originally appeared as an exclusive article in Kirk Cameron’s new community: The Campfire. To join, sign up here. “Alright,” I announced, “we are going to play the quiet game!” Our kids were still young enough to fall for what must be one of the oldest tricks in the parenting book. The trick almost …
This post originally appeared as an exclusive article in Kirk Cameron’s new community: The Campfire. To join, sign up here. My wife, Ruth, had that look on her face. Sort of like she was sorting out a difficult math problem in her head. Just thirty minutes earlier, we had been at the grocery store. Now …
This post originally appeared as an exclusive article in Kirk Cameron’s new community: The Campfire. To join, sign up here. To a certain degree, I am not concerned about what our kids will grow up and do one day. I am not overly stressed about whether they pursue business, education, computer science, or a host …
I heard him before I saw him. I was running the scoreboard at my oldest son’s basketball game. The home team was to my right, the away team to my left. It was getting close to halftime when “the call” happened. The visitor’s coach exploded in the direction of my left ear! Obviously not pleased …
I never thought I would turn into “that guy!” You know, the guy who doesn’t like people walking through his grass. The one who takes pride in straight lines. The guy who works hard, discretely of course, to keep dogs from marking their territory on his territory! Well, sadly, at times, I can be “that …
I lean more in the direction of being an introvert than an extrovert. I like quiet spaces. Alone time. Time to think, read, or pray. The problem is, not ALL of my thoughts have been brought under the loving rule of Jesus! My thinking, just like the rest of me, can be influenced by my sinful …
“I could eat chili every week,” I announced to my wife. The kids were just beginning to clean off the table and I was just beginning the second bowl. Filling it to the top, adding a light dusting of salt, and then some crushed crackers, I was in my glory. “I could seriously eat this …
“Would you spell that for me?” I asked the nurse over the phone. My head was already spinning. Heart pounding. I scribbled a word I had never heard of onto the only scrap piece of paper I could find in our car. A word that turned our world upside down. “You have a type of …
