Search Results Family Exercise • Family • Health • Nature • Parenting Nov 14, 2024 On the Trail With My Kids: Book ExcerptThe following is an excerpt from the book On the Trail With My Kids: From the Ohio River to the Mighty Mississippi. Further information, including the synopsis, can be found […]...Read Full Article Parenting • Technology Jun 14, 2024 The Tide is Turning: Don’t Wait to Be Part of the Tech CountermovementFor well over a decade, you have heard me voice serious concerns about mobile devices in the hands of our youth. It has been clear that the risks have far […]...Read Full Article Faith • Family May 5, 2024 Four Generations of ServiceOn Earth as in Heaven, Right here in my heart I held her worn, yet wiry hand. Minutes earlier, her great-granddaughter Emma had been crowned the May Day queen. Although […]...Read Full Article Health • Nature • Parenting Dec 11, 2023 On the Trail With My Kids – A River to River SummaryIt was almost four years ago on December 23, 2019 that my four oldest kids, Zach, Emma, Matthew, Noah, and I, took off on an unseasonably warm day with a […]...Read Full Article Parenting • Technology Nov 15, 2023 Don’t Let False Narratives Scare You in This Digital Age of ParentingRecently, I published an article regarding our decision to not allow phones, social media, or gaming consoles for our kids until midway during their senior year in high school. The […]...Read Full Article Parenting • Technology Oct 14, 2023 No Phones. No Social Media. Homecoming CourtIn August of 2020, our oldest (twins), Zach and Emma, began their freshman year. Two years later, their brother, Matthew, would join them in the high school ranks. Ever since […]...Read Full Article Family • Health Jun 10, 2023 Their Spirit Lives OnI stepped outside on a cool, calm Thursday evening. Days removed from the busyness of the prior weekend, I sat down with a couple of books, and pulled a thin […]...Read Full Article Parenting Mar 15, 2023 Eulogizing for LifeDanny stepped up to the pulpit. It had been just a little over a week since his mom, my aunt, had passed away from complications related to Alzheimer’s and cancer. […]...Read Full Article Health • Nature • Parenting Feb 15, 2023 Toward the TopWe had just left camp about 20 minutes prior, heading out on the trail at 7:20 AM. Will and I were alone on the road, as the others were well […]...Read Full Article Family Oct 13, 2022 A River Runs Between Us“It is those we live with and love and should know who elude us.” – Norman Maclean I was sitting on the couch in our family room, and it was […]...Read Full Article More Articles All Articles