What encourages those who are grieving? Some of the most encouraging words we received as we have faced the unexpected home going of my mother. I have been praying for you regularly. I’ve been praying that the Lord comfort and sustain you. Can I help you with meals? Can I do grocery shopping for you? …
Category: Family
Spiritual Family Tree
I have traced our family tree back 10 or 11 generations in this country, including the first generation of Scotch-Irish immigrants who fought in the American Revolution. And the Kilgour Clan (original spelling) can be traced many generations back in Scotland before being transported to Ireland by King James I. But for me one of the interesting …
Who is really leaving the faith and why?
This is a challenge to parents as much as it is to the church. Many have reported alarming numbers of Millennials leaving their faith. This summary provides a good context for understanding what the numbers actually reveal. See previous related posts Millennials Critical Thinking What follows is from the Gospel Coalition blog. Who is Really …
Courageous
The movie Courageous hits theaters tomorrow. I saw the movie this summer with my wife.  I found the movie engaging, fun (good use of humor) and challenging.  It is the best movie so far for the Kendrick brothers (Facing the Giants, Fireproof). I highly recommend it for all men–you will enjoy it, you will be challenged. …
Jesse Tree
One of our family values is legacy-leaving a legacy. Since we have a rich legacy on both sides of our family, we want to pass that on to our boys. One of the ways we want to do that is by establishing traditions. Tradition defined by Webster’s New World dictionary as, “the handing down orally …
Les Misérables
As part of an extended celebration of our 20th anniversary, Mary Anne and I went to see Les Misérables at the Walnut Street Theater in Philadelphia. The Walnut Street Theater is the oldest (199 years) continually operating theater in the English speaking world. What we saw was the musical adaption of Victor Hugo’s 1862 novel …
Bella
I only recommend movies cautiously. But, last night as a family we had the opportunity to go to a special screening of Bella, a movie (as one reviewer summarized it) “about life, love . . .and the love of life.” It is a drama about two people facing the reality of the life altering consequences …