Tag: Leadership

Morning Question

Men, I have a question for you. Better yet, I have a question that I want you to ask yourself each day when you wake up. “How can I bless my wife today?” As the husband of a homeschooling mom, I get up around 5:00 and start my day while my wife and kids sleep…

What Is Important?

Kind of a quiet night around here. Myself and two of the kids were enjoying BLT’s and watching Andy Griffith, while the wife and one of the boy’s ventured back to Columbus to swap and buy shoes. As night time approached, I told the other two kids to get ready for bed. I had some…

Q is for Questions

“Daddy, why is the sky blue?” “Daddy, does it have to thunder?” “Daddy, where did I come from?” Have you had any of these questions hit you yet dad? I have all of these plus more, many more. The big question is how are you handling and answering the questions coming at you? There is…

P is for Promises

“I promise guys, we will do that tomorrow” How many times have we as dads and husbands said that little phrase and never done it? I know what you were meaning, I have said it many times as well. It is part of the unspoken dad lingo that exist just for us. Yet, to our…

Book Review ~ Full-Time Parenting

Israel Wayne ~ Full-Time Parenting : A Guide To Family-Based Discipleship

  Full-Time parenting: A Guide to Family-Based Discipleship After listening to Israel Wayne at the Spartanburg Teach Them Diligently Homeschooling Conference this year, I was compelled to read his book “Full-Time Parenting : A Guide To Family-Based Discipleship”. Israel is the product of a divorced parents, physically abused by step-father and with a mom that…

M is for MY Kids are NOT My Kids

M is for MY Kids are NOT My Kids

I am writing this post in conjunction with Blogging through the Alphabet tonight. Dad’s and husbands of homeschooling mom’s out there, this is going straight to you from my heart.  We have kids and we love them.  We have watched them grow and long to see what they will become in life.  Given the chance…

How Much Time You Got?

Being a dad, Homeschooling, encouragement for dads, time-warp wife

I was checking out one of my favorite comedy teams today, The Skit Guys, and ran across this clip they are promoting.  The video is talking about Fatherhood and the ending is a great line of “How much time you got?’ Check out Fatherhood and then keep reading. I think every dad has asked that question of…

K is for Knowledgeable Dad

Knowledge is Power, Solomon' s Wisdom

Going back in time here guys, but who remembers the great “School House Rock!”? The intro that was used starting in 1973 has a line that is so true, “Knowledge is Power”. Here is what I am talking about. [youtube=http://youtu.be/SjNM4eItNRA] Rocky appears to gain super powers from the knowledge that he gains from growing up…

Helping Husband or Hindering Husband?

Okay husbands out there, got a question for you. Are you a helping husband or a hindering husband? Many times we as husbands turn out to be hindering, hurting and harmful to the work of your wife. from what my wife and I have talked before, by listening to other moms and from things that…

Dad’s Leadership in the Home

Husbands, do you know what you are called out to do for your family? Lead it! As I sat in the Men’s Breakfast this morning at the Teach Them Diligently Conference and listened to Tom Blackaby he brought up many things on how we, the husbands, should lead. His main point was, “Do you want…