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Dear Nate… (on your first day of Seventh Grade) This year is already different. You are different. You’re growing up, exploring everything, and very much transforming into your…

Dear Sam (on your first day of high school), Here we are—fifteen years old, freshman in high school, and learning to drive. It feels exactly right for you…

Has there ever been a weirder start to a school year? On your first day of high school, you went to bed at 2 a.m. This was after…

When I’m working with a planning committee about a speaking event, there’s always a conversation when I ask the questions, “What else? What mistakes should I avoid?”   For…

Dear Mom of a New Senior- This will be one of the biggest years of your life. I just finished it and can now see what I didn’t…

Next week, Mike and I headed to the Dominican Republic for six days. We are so excited to be part of the Lutheran mission work in Latin America.…

You’re Looking for Connection Our family has packed and unloaded our minivan a dozen times this summer. We’ve traveled to a cottage in Seaside, a cabin in Breckenridge,…

You’ve seen the pictures and watched the livestream. Now, your kids are headed home from The Gathering and you have high hopes that they came away transformed in…