My brother Joshua Serrano wrote on the spiritual discipline of letting your children be noisy in church. He was inspired by Wes who did a marvelous job explaining why children should be in the pews. Both of these posts have led me to think, “How do we build a culture within our congregation that allows children to be children in the pews?” First of all, I get it. Having children in worship is a challenging thing Read More …
Daddy Diary Day 4: Every year my wife Jessica goes away on retreat with her friends. Her particular mode of retreat is scrap-booking. It’s a time for her to be away from the kids, sleep-in, see old friends, get a massage (yes they hire a professional masseuse to come and massage the girls), basically its 4 days of battery recharging. We have a deal in our home-she goes away once a year to do this Read More …
Daddy Diary Day 1: (Wife is on retreat) Today I was feeling like super dad. I drove alone with the kids for three hours from Paso Robles, fed them, napped with them, unpacked the car, went to the grocery store, fed them dinner, and bathed them. All without incident, until I decided to take a shower. Caedmon was in the kitchen and dropped a coffee mug, it shattered and she ran up stairs to tell Read More …