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  • June 20, 2019

    The Struggle With Screen Time Is Real [Guest Post]

    The Struggle With Screen Time Is Real [Guest Post]

    Misty Phillip, author of The Struggle Is Real, But So Is God, invited me to write about the struggle with technology on her blog, By His Grace. I found her book title a great springboard, since it so nicely captures both the reality of our battles with technology, and the real power of the solution […]

  • May 11, 2019

    Your Wife Told Me About Your Video Games

    Your Wife Told Me About Your Video Games

    Hey Man … Your wife came up to me before I spoke at a recent convention and told me about your video game addiction. Your wife. Told me. I thought you’d want to know. If I were you, I’d want to know that my strong, beautiful, brilliant wife was hurting. That she felt alone with […]

  • April 15, 2019

    My Child is Looking at Porn. What Should I Do?

    My Child is Looking at Porn. What Should I Do?

    A reader of my new book recently told me that he discovered his son had been looking at porn. This dad asked for my advice. I’ll sharing an edited version of that advice with you below. But first, according to Covenant Eyes, 90% of boys and 60% of girls will have seen porn by the […]

  • March 18, 2019

    Do you ever say: “But I don’t have time”?

    Do you ever say: “But I don’t have time”?

    Does this ever come out of your mouth? “I wish I could do [some good thing I should be doing], but I just don’t have time.” If you’re spending more than four hours a week watching something on a screen, I can help you. And since the average person spends around 32 hours a week […]

  • February 27, 2019

    Will We Surrender Our Free Will to Screens? [Guest Post]

    Will We Surrender Our Free Will to Screens? [Guest Post]

    If “the machines” ever do take over, it will be because we have stopped thinking, not because they have started to.

  • December 26, 2018

    Did you miss Christmas?

    Did you miss Christmas?

    On Christmas Eve, my wife and youngest daughter attended an elegant candlelight communion service. Another one of our daughters and her husband were part of the beautiful music ensemble: daughter in the choir, son-in-law co-leading with acoustic guitar. Traditional carols were sung by all, along with short pastoral messages about the meanings of each. At […]

  • November 22, 2018

    10 Screen-Free Christmas Gift Ideas For Your Child

    10 Screen-Free Christmas Gift Ideas For Your Child

    I know. Your child wants a new phone or tablet or video game for Christmas sooooooo badly. And the sales are irresistible. And all their friends have one, or are getting one, too. How happy they’ll be when they see that shiny new device under the tree! But, oh, how unhappy you’ll all be after […]

  • June 30, 2018

    Feel Like A Civil War Is Coming? You’re Supposed To.

    Feel Like A Civil War Is Coming? You’re Supposed To.

    Do you feel like the world is going crazy? You’re supposed to feel that way. News corporations make gazillions exploiting our fears and making us angry. They make their videos dramatic and attractive so we will keep watching and scrolling and clicking. The “news” about a coming civil war is a tragic example. The media […]

  • May 5, 2018

    YouTube Kids Isn’t The Babysitter You’re Looking For

    YouTube Kids Isn’t The Babysitter You’re Looking For

    Parents: If there was a cute, colorful, friendly robot that would babysit your kids for free, would you use it? What if the robot was programmable by people around the world, so that anyone could teach it new games to play with your kids? What if a company like Google offered this amazing robot, promising […]

  • February 9, 2018

    Don’t Be Fooled By Facebook Propaganda

    Don’t Be Fooled By Facebook Propaganda

    Facebook is on the hot seat these days. With claims of being a “living, breathing crime scene,” former leaders who say it is “ripping apart” society, and calls to kill a new product because of its danger to children, all is not well at the world’s most powerful social media empire. In response to recent […]

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