If you were to ask me what my deepest desire and greatest challenge is right now I’d have to say it’s helping my oldest son, Parker, become a man after God’s own heart. I want to be the best dad I can be. Nothing is more important. And I’m absolutely determined.

He’s still a boy, but he is growing up so fast. And as your kids get older it seems like the stakes get higher! And I want to help him navigate these critical years in his development. I’m praying for him like crazy. And I’m also reading like crazy.

Read a couple great books in the last few weeks. I read The Way of the Wild Heart by John Eldredge in one sitting from Washington, DC to Seattle, Washington. And I just finished Raising a Modern Day Knight.

I just know that if I let my kids grow up without any strategy or intentionality I’ll regret it the rest of my life. I want to mentor and disciple my kids. I want to be as proactive as I can possibly be. Nothing is as challenging. Nothing is more important.

FYI–I know alot of parents carry alot of guilt because they feel like they weren’t the father or mother they should have been. A word of encouragement: it’s never too late to be who you might have been!