Dr. Frankenstein, I am
I have created a monster. There once was a time when I was undefeated at the board game Risk. No longer. My daughter, Tabitha, has taken be down twice in a row. For the uninitiated, Risk is a game...
View ArticleStorm watching 2
Last night, for the second day in a row, a tornado warning and emergency sirens interrupted our evening plans. A twister had been sited and was heading our way with 20 minutes to prepare. This time, we...
View ArticleSimple pleasures
Last night, as I was getting ready to go to bed, I heard some very kind words coming from the dining room — “Thank you, Mom.” The speaker: My youngest son, a seventh grader. He had been toiling over...
View ArticleFacing the reality of violence against children
It is hard to fathom violence against children. How can anyone hurt a child? But we all know it happens in our neighborhoods and even in the homes of so-called “good, Christian people.” These crimes...
View ArticleWhere is commitment in male-female relationships?
Cohabitation outside of marriage is spreading to older adults, including parents with children at home, according to Census data reported by USA Today. There was a time in the not-too-distant past when...
View Article‘I take thee and thee and thee . . .’
Many people could see it coming. The seemingly unstoppable redefinition of marriage in our culture to include same-sex marriage was bound to open doors to other forms of marriage, most notably...
View ArticleFeeling guilty & wonderful
Growing up in my family, no one sat around all day reading, especially not on a beautiful spring day. The adults occupied themselves with work around the yard and house, visiting with neighbors,...
View ArticleMaking memories to last a lifetime
Some days are more special than others. I think I always will remember Saturday, November 17, 2012, unless dementia robs me of it somewhere down the road. Saturday night, one of my daughters, Tabitha,...
View ArticleA primer on biblical marriage
(This post originally appeared on the Texas Baptists web site.) A pastor friend told me recently something like this: “Ferrell, in my ministry I deal with a whole lot more heterosexual sin than...
View ArticleThe Bible and family
(This post originally appeared on the Texas Baptists web site.) Family stands at the core of our social existence. In an ideal world, a family includes a man, a woman, and children. The ideal is lifted...
View ArticleParenthood changes with time
It hardly required a thought; it was more an impulse. I grasped the upper arm of my adult daughter, stopped her, and led her backward a step. We had been in the midst of fevered conversation as only a...
View ArticleI believe in you; go with God
This is a big week for my two youngest children. One started college; one started student teaching. I would like to borrow some words from Amanda Marshall’s song, “Believe in You.” I believe in you I...
View ArticleRussell Moore offers help for families
My copy of Russell Moore’s book, The Storm-Tossed Family, arrived this weekend. Russell: These families of ours can be filled with joy, but will always make us vulnerable to pain. And the joy and the...
View Article100 years ago — a family starts & still lives
One hundred years ago today, two young people came together in marriage — William Everett Foster and Fairy Gertrude Morton. They eventually gave birth to four sons. One died very young. One fought in...
View ArticleCouches are better than recliners for dads
Young dads, I thought of something this morning that made me think of you. When I was a kid, my dad was almost always on the move — working in the yard, working in the garage, working at work,...
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