Fear That Helps: Parenting

Daniel 1:10 We talk a lot about fear in parenting—and usually in a negative way. We warn our kids not to be afraid.We tell them fear is unhealthy, paralyzing, irrational.And most of the time, that’s true. But not all fear is bad. In Daniel 1:10, we’re introduced to a kind of fear that is reasonable, and productive. […]

THE POSSUM CHRONICLES CHRISTMAS EDITION (2025 UPDATED VERSION)

December 22nd, 6:15 PM A host of possums positioned themselves atop the barn—looking, gazing, squinting, hypothesizing about the road below. The road, which until moments ago had been just a road, now glowed. Small lights.Many of them.Too many. “Look—there’s another one!” (Havsum) “And another…” (Daresum) “What are those lights, Grissum?” (Jensum) Grissum narrowed his eyes. “Don’t know. […]

Tick Tock

Tick Tock. Tick Tock.Tick Tock. Tick Tock.Tick Tock. Tick Tock.Tick Tock. Tick Tock. Time passes so slowly when we’re young. We don’t realize it then. Christmas feels forever away. Birthdays take ages to arrive. School years drag on, vacations seem impossibly distant, and everything ahead of us feels stretched out, unhurried. Days are long. Years […]

God Gives

Babylon was loud. Powerful.Conquering.Full of expansion and development. Ideas were moving fast.Systems were growing.The future looked impressive. And still— A king was restless.A dream lingered in the air.The future felt uncertain. And into that moment— “God gave Daniel understanding in all visions and dreams.”(Daniel 1:17; 2:19; 2:27–28) God gave Daniel what was needed when it […]

Chips Fall

Chips fall… There is almost nothing you can do about it. You can’t control outcomes.You can’t decide how people will respond.You can’t make life land neatly where you hoped it would. You can do the right thing.You can also do the wrong thing—and yes, that can influence where the chips fall.But even then, the truth […]

Is Jesus Real (to You)? (Daniel Remix)

(Daniel 2) There’s a moment in Daniel 2 that feels painfully familiar. The king has a dream.A disturbing one.The kind that won’t let him sleep, won’t let him function, won’t let him move on. And he wants answers. Not just interpretations.Not just theories.He wants certainty. So he gathers the experts—the magicians, the enchanters, the wise […]