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February 2014

February 16, 2014

In The Next 3 Days I’ll be Announcing My New Book Title — Pub Date May 15

It's nonfiction, short, to the point and I'll be telling you all about it and...

December 2013

December 02, 2013

I Loved Christmas but Hated God for Screwing It Up

Edith and Francis Schaeffer AKA Mom and Dad Christmas for me will always be toxic...

July 2013

July 25, 2013

My Latest on Huff Post Live– fatherhood, children, art, life

Huff Post Live has given me a platform to talk about issues like becoming a...

June 2013

June 19, 2013

Computers, Children and You

Tech companies are targeting children from birth. Long before children can encounter the silences and...

June 02, 2013

Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs– Selfish or Just Stupid?

Are the Silicon Valley entrepreneurs selfish, stupid or just too young and uneducated about history,...

May 2013

May 19, 2013

Pro-Choice Yet Pro-Life?

Can one be pro-life and yet pro-choice? More and more people are saying that they...

March 2013

March 30, 2013

Goodbye Mom, Edith Schaeffer 1914 – 2013 RIP

Edith Schaeffer 1914 – 2013 RIP My mother Edith Schaeffer died today. She was the...

March 13, 2013

XII Commandment Last but Not Least…. (End)

XII: Never forget that one of the the greatest joys you can experience is to...

March 12, 2013

# XI Commandment… (God and All That For Your Kids)

XI: Never forget that passing on life literacy goes for passing on the hope only...

March 11, 2013

# X Commandment… For the Children’s Sake

X: Never forget passing on what is good doesn’t happen by chance. Did your mother...

March 10, 2013

# IX Commandment cont…

IX: Never forget you owe it to your child to squarely face your own particular...

March 09, 2013

# VIII Commandment… continues

VIII: Never pass on your fears. Too many a “be careful!” comment or too many...

March 08, 2013

# VII Command So You won’t Screw Up Your Kids

VII: Never forget: You are going to grow a carbon copy of what you hate...

March 07, 2013

# VI Commandment Re Your Kids

VI: Never make the mistake I made by expecting that somehow a child will learn...

March 06, 2013

# V Commandment on the Right Way to (and Not To) Care For Your Kids

V: Never correct a child about every little thing they do that pisses you off....

March 05, 2013

# IV Commandment on Not Messing up Your Kids

IV: Never talk about your child to other people in front of them, unless it...

March 04, 2013

# 3 Commandment for Making a Happy Child Into Your Lifelong Friend

III: Never make sarcastic remarks to a child much less say snide or ironic things...

March 03, 2013

# 2 of my “Twelve Commandments” of Happy Parenting

I can save parents and would-be parents’ grief and a good bit of self flagellation....

March 02, 2013

My “Twelve Commandments” of Happy Parenting

If I could have one wish, it would be to get a parent do-over knowing...

December 2012

December 24, 2012

Peter Jackson May Look a Bit Like a Hobbit But Don’t Let That Fool You: He’s Hollywood All the Commercialized Way

The debacle that is the movie version of The Hobbit, part one, reminds me of...

December 19, 2012

An Intelligent Conversation (at last!) on Our Culture of Violence Guns/Entertainment/Law and the Republicans

At last, an intelligent discussion on our culture of violence. Where is the Republican Party?...

December 03, 2012

How to Keep Your Mate Even If You Are A Semi-Evolved Recovering Evangelical Controlling Bastard

Following her mother's example my first child Jessica returned love for my clumsy-to-bad-to-mean "fathering..."...

December 01, 2012

The Night I Met Jesus: A (True) Christmas Story

Sometimes our learning curve is forced on us, if not by God then by God's...

September 2012

September 13, 2012

The Blessed Hypocrisy “Method Acting” of Salvation PART 4 (Conclusion)

I have seen the power of forgiveness work to heal my former religious “certainties.” (I...

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