Tag Archives: children

Avoidance

I had a horrible thought this morning. I wished, for just a moment, that my wife had decided she didn’t want to be my wife before we had children. So it would be less messy. So it would be less widespread in its impact. So I could spare the hearts of these four young Cosands [...]

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A Matter of Commitment

A couple of days ago, I headed to Ashland for a session with my chiropractor. I somehow convinced Isaac to tag along with me. It had something to do with the food I promised him if he joined me on the journey. Still, I was delighted to have the company of my oldest offspring. Coming [...]

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B is for Baruch (Counting My Blessings 2/26)

Years before I became a daddy, I heard Michael Card’s beautiful songĀ Barocha. It’s a lullaby from his 1989 children’s albumĀ Sleep Sound in Jesus, and it uses the profound Hebrew priestly blessing from Numbers 6:22-27 as its text: The LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron and his sons, ‘This is how you are to bless the [...]

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