var fbShare = {url: ‘http://www.benreed.net/index.php/2009/11/05/change-starts-small/’,size:’large’} Rex, our 1 year old son, is walking.  Well…sort of.  He’s taking lots of steps.  But he’s taking lots of falls, too.  In fact, at least half of every attempt at walking ends up with him falling to the ground.  Does that mean that I scold him and shame [...]

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My son had his first birthday yesterday.  I can’t believe how quickly this year has flown!  I’ve learned a lot about parenting, about children, about faith, and about myself.
Anne Jackson, at a breakout session at the recent Catalyst Conference in Atlanta, said that it’s dangerous to blog about difficulties [...]

var fbShare = {url: ‘http://www.benreed.net/index.php/2009/09/16/the-role-of-parents/’,size:’large’} I serve at an unbelievably awesome church.  I won’t go into all of the reasons why I feel that way, but I’ll talk about one reason here.
We are a church that cares about families.  One way that we do that is by giving parents and children opportunities to talk [...]

var fbShare = {url: ‘http://www.benreed.net/index.php/2009/08/26/attention-all-dads/’,size:’large’} Check out this video. (sorry, I’m having trouble embedding videos onto my blog, so I had to provide a link)
My son is only 10 months old, but I can already see that he loves it when I show him that I’m proud of what he’s done.  He beams with [...]

var fbShare = {url: ‘http://www.benreed.net/index.php/2009/07/03/do-you-love-your-family/’,size:’large’} Whether you like golf or not, Phil Mickelson is a likable kind of guy.  I love how he’s willing to take the risky shot from behind a tree that everybody else would be afraid to take.  He’s not scared to fire a 4-iron at a pin that’s tucked into [...]

var fbShare = {url: ‘http://www.benreed.net/index.php/2009/06/22/thanks-dad/’,size:’large’} I ended up buying a card for my dad for Father’s Day, but felt lame doing it.  I think that most of that canned stuff is lame…I didn’t write it, but I’ll sign my name to it as if I did!  Anybody else feel like that?  Basically, in getting [...]

var fbShare = {url: ‘http://www.benreed.net/index.php/2009/04/16/review-where-the-wild-things-are/’,size:’large’} Have you ever read the childrens book, Where the Wild Things Are? I loved that book when I was a kid! I recently heard about the movie that’s coming out this Fall (update: Released October, 2009), and I’m already getting excited about it. I’ve posted [...]

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I posted some “Grandpa-isms” last week here. One of my favorites is, “There are 4 P’s that I do for my family: provide, procreate, protect…and make memories.” I have had many laughs as I try to figure out why he continues to call them the 4 P’s. [...]

var fbShare = {url: ‘http://www.benreed.net/index.php/2009/04/01/one-year-of-being-a-parent/’,size:’large’} One year ago today, I shared with the GCC staff that my wife and I were pregnant with our first child. I remember this exact day because it was April Fool’s day, and there were some who thought I was playing a mean joke on them. Well, turns out [...]

var fbShare = {url: ‘http://www.benreed.net/index.php/2009/01/12/prayer-request-for-rex-my-son/’,size:’large’} I obviously believe in the value of community (my work at Grace centers on community groups).  In fact, I think it’s absolutely essential to living life.  We were created to be dependent on each other, and when we aren’t, there’s something that’s missing.  God lives life in community (that [...]