A Dad First

Near the end of August, I bought my first pair of barefoot/minimalist shoes. I’ll cover the ‘why’ below, but first a few terms to explain first, to help avoid confusion with ‘fake’ minimalist shoes. Zero-drop: heel is non-elevated. Wide toe box: rather than narrowing, the toe area is wider to allow toes to spread naturally. And…

This year marked the fifth anniversary of our time in PICU at Seattle Children‘s, and I wanted to provide details that we hadn’t previously talked about outside of our family. In part I wanted to do as a sort of catharsis, but also because unless issues are brought to light, they are not fixed…and there…

In his book The Cost of Discipleship, Bonhoeffer puts forth an intriguing proposition. He suggests that the one of the fundamental characteristics of the Body of Christ (the Church) is that it is a visible community. I think in the midst of government-forced COVID restrictions against the church, his words have great implications for the…

This time, from AlfonZo Rachel: (I’ll eventually fix the resolution…in the meantime, you have to click into the post to view.)  

Sheep aren’t nearly as dumb as we’ve made them out to be in stories and political comparisons. But they are a herd animal, to a fault. And they are utterly defenseless. They were, and to some extent still are in some areas of the world, relied on for food and clothing. Because of their importance…

Lots of people are willing to give advice, even when not asked for. Sometimes it’s not what you want to hear, sometimes it’s exactly what you need to hear, and sometimes it really makes you wonder about the person giving it. I wouldn’t be so bold as to assume what advice may or may not…

Yes, all prior posts have in fact been moved off the front site (and their old locations). Have no fear, they will return, but on the Archives page, arranged by date, and then once recrawled and reindexed, available directly as well from search engines.

A new year. A new start. For each of us and for this blog. Since I’ve had my WalkAway moment with Facebook, I’ve decided one of the things I’ll be doing this year is building A Dad First back up, since it’s only been used sparingly in recent years. I can’t blame FB for all…

I’d previously began a series about the scandal and my perspective from my time there in the 90s. I have since decided to not only not continue the series, but to delete what I had written. Part of the reason is that I just don’t have the time to put into it right now. I…

Now that JoAnn’s van is finally fixed, thought I would detail the goings-on regarding this whole fiasco. It all started back in January. JoAnn, the littles, and Evanna were up at Seattle Children’s for appointments. After the appointments, they were in the process of leaving Seattle when a King County Metro bus hit her van…