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Dads, it’s a work in progress. Each stage of life will bring different challenges, each child will be different, and you’ll enter and exit seasons of life that will make you understand worry lines and hair loss. Where Dads get in trouble is when we stop somewhere...
At Uncommen, we never respond to political situations as they are often fueled by both sides of the same bird. But we are impacted by events just as you are; we wanted to offer some perspective and encouragement. When something like a change in the policy of Roe v...
"You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but are not warm. You earn wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it. This is what the Lord Almighty says, "Give careful...
Proverbs 19:20-21 "Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom in the future. Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand." Giving advice as a Dad sometimes feels like it should be in the...
"I will pour out my spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions." Joel 2:28 NIV My wife and I have been blessed with three kids of our own. They, in turn, blessed us with some "extra"...
Psalm 119: 104-106 "Through your precepts I get understanding; therefore I wouldn't say I like every false way. Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. I have sworn an oath and confirmed it to keep your righteous rules." Only when we live life outside...
estimated read time: 3min Proverbs 20:7 The righteous who walks in his integrity— blessed are his children after him! Psalm 103:13 As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him. Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child...
“So do not fear for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” Isaiah 41:10 NIV I am writing this post on my dad’s death anniversary. When you get old enough, there are a...
“He remembers His covenant forever, the promise He made, for a thousand generations.” 1 Chronicles 16:15 NIV Ask any of my siblings, and one of our most hated phrases from my dad was, “I’m not making any promises.” He would pull out that line if we were trying to get...
“If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.” 1 Corinthians 13:1 There are a lot of stories surrounding the death of our daughter. One of them is that during the last week of her life, I...
“Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. ‘Test me in this’, says the Lord Almighty, ‘and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.” Malachi...
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. - John 3:16 The Gospel is for Disciples, Not Just a Sinners Many people often think that the Gospel is something that you share with...
