Maintaining Integrity

Most of us played games as children or played them as parents with our children. In a recent families.com forum, one of the games that kept cropping up was ‘The Game of Life.’ I remember it was my son’s favorite game when he was young. You can tell a lot about a person by the way the play a game. Years ago we had a friend who was a godly Christian man. But play a game of cards or a board game like Monopoly with him and a while other side of him emerged. He became fiercely competitive. It was … Continue reading

Winning in the Game of Life

The internet astounds me. I love the way it connects us with people from all over the world and all walks of life, who might not otherwise have met. Recently Dr Jeffrey Brown, a clinical and sport psychologist on the faculty of Harvard Medical School, contacted me. He’d been reading some of my blogs here at families.com on Christian parenting. As a result, he thought I might be interested in reading his book, ‘The Competitive Edge – how to win every time you compete,’ and had his publisher send me a copy. If you think the idea of winning every … Continue reading

The Prize Winning Action Shot

We are horse people. My daughter rides and getting the best possible action shots has been a goal since she started. Sometimes I succeed, yet other times I fail. This past weekend I got the opportunity to really play around with my camera and get to know it better and not have to worry about capturing a shot of my daughter. She was not riding and we were at the Budweiser sponsor $25,000 Grand Prix and ASPCA Maclay Regional Finals this weekend. I got some amazing shots. Shots that were so incredibly good that they have been requested for several … Continue reading