Last week the talk was all about the Mars landing, and justifiably so. That’s a cool thing to check out with the kids. But if they are enjoying that, they might enjoy this majestic video of Venus in Solar Transit from earlier this year. (You know, if C.S. Lewis’s Space Trilogy is correct, King Arthur [...]

How I loved pre-child Saturdays! After five days working in the office, I found it almost ambrosial to sleep in late, enjoy a leisurely breakfast and share long conversations with my wife. “Enjoy it while you can,” my old college roommate told me not long after he had his second kid. “That stuff all goes [...]

Every Friday we recap a little from the Warren and venture out into the world for more stories you might have missed. Paying attention in a distracted world: it’s like bringing a gun to a knife fight. - James Shelley (via) Dude, you should totally read this: First things first: NASA landed another rover on Mars [...]

My kids and I saw quite a sight at the library the other day. It was an impressive display of mimicry and showboating by a rather cocky young fellow on the rooftop patio. He strutted around with his chest puffed out, trying to impress a girl. He was unabashed in his affection for her. She [...]

I share the following quotation because it gets at, in a somewhat indirect way, why we believe fostering imagination in children is so central to the life of faith. -Sam “The Church needs artists because without art we cannot reach the world. The simple fact is that the imagination ‘gets you,’ even when your reason [...]

I was young when I first read A.A. Milne’s books, Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner. So young, in fact, that I didn’t notice his playful capitalization, giving proper names to Very Important Things. I also failed to notice any family resemblance between elephants and heffalumps, or between haycorns and acorns. Fortunately, I was [...]

You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you. – Isaiah 26:3 The idea of being missional has quickly gained a place in the vocabulary of faith-driven Christians. It captures an idea that resonates with many kingdom-minded believers today—the mission of the church should affect all that we [...]

Every Friday we recap a little from the Warren and venture out into the world for more stories you might have missed. “I have always believed, it is not so much their subjects that the great teachers teach as it is themselves.” – Fredrick Buechner Dude, you should totally read this: Rachel at Heirs With [...]

Last week’s Olympics post focused on having fun with the Games as a family. But the world’s biggest competition can show us more than just humanity’s highest jumpers and fastest swimmers. In the midst of the gold-medal frenzy, the Olympics give us plenty of material for helping kids to understand the importance of losing. Losing [...]

Bob Dylan sang about it, N.D. Wilson tweets about it: “Slice the world as fine as you like, an Artist has been there first.” NDW By the way, check out N.D. Wilson’s Notes From the Tilt-A-Whirl for a round-trip through wonder, joy, and gratitude. Wilson is a poetic, artful, humorous tour-guide. It’s one of my [...]