My little girl, Victoria, is starting her senior year of high school. It really seems like just yesterday she was running around the house pretending to be Snow White in her little princess dress. She was, is, and always will be my little girl. But - the reality is that she isn't so little any more. She is a senior. That means we are talking about cars, jobs, and, of course, college. She is looking far afield (she is determined to go somewhere away from home to get the full college experience - even though I keep pushing SIUE!). She scored very well on her ACT and is in the process of writing application essays. As the former English teacher in the house, I get the privilege of editing my kid's work. That is how I came to read this essay - she wrote it to apply to a college in Nashville (at least that is only four hours away from home). I was floored, humbled, and thrilled at the same time. As my daughter's "pastor-daddy," I am thrilled by both her t
A man made of mud learning to live as an image bearer of God