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Today’s post is from my good friend Brian Bruss! Brian is the Campus Pastor at the Northwest OKC Campus of LifeChurch.tv.  Brian and I have been friends for years and have walked through the good, bad and ugly of life together.  He is a tremendous leader, father, son, husband and pastor.  Brian and Divina have two younger kiddos and it truly is an honor to have Bruss post for EpicParent today.

Mr. Bruss, may the force be with you!!  (as cool as Brian is, he is a HUGE Star Wars nerd)

So here is Bruss… Continue Reading…

In the Book of Luke, we see children running to get in the presence of Jesus, but His disciples strongly warned them to keep their space and give Jesus some breathing room.

Check out what Jesus thought about this deal as it was going down…

Now they were bringing even infants to him that he might touch them; and when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them. But Jesus called them to him, saying, “Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them; for to such belongs the kingdom of God. Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.”  Luke 18:15-17

I believe this can also be taken as a strong warning to parents!!  DON’T get in the way of your kiddos coming to Jesus!!

Here are 5 things that I believe parents do that keep their kids from coming to Jesus… Continue Reading…

Do you like how I used hip words like “legit”, “tunes” and “gotta”!!?!  I’m just a 40 year old man trying to stay “hip”, “in the flow” and “sick”!

Since my kids are entering the teenage world, I am constantly on look for Christian tunes that my kiddos will like.

Right now my oldest son knows all the lyrics to Jay-Z’s “New York” and M&M’s “Not Afraid”…and while that is sort of ok with me, I have been on the search for some tunes that will have a hip feel…but have sound lyrics. Continue Reading…

Do you know anyone that has wrecked their lives and families by having an affair?

Jodie and I had some friends back in the day and their marriage had been wrecked by an affair, but through love, the grace of God and painful hard work their marriage was restored.

While our friends were going through the hard work of marriage and soul restoration, one of the tools a counselor had given them was a game called…

The “Secret” Game Continue Reading…

I am a fan of the show Undercover Boss.

In case you have never seen the show…

CEO’s of major corporations go “undercover” and work as new employees in their own organization to check on the health of their own organization and employees!

I am telling you, if you have never seen the show…it’s must see TV for sure. Continue Reading…

Today’s guest post is written by my good friend Joe Gumm.  Joe and I go way back in the day and have been friends since we were 5 years old!

Joe has done many remarkable things in his life…

Worked as Fox Sports SouthWest, authored 3 books, he has won an Emmy for his television show “Traveling With The Tribe” and Joe is now the Oklahoma City Fox 25 morning anchor.

Joe is also an ordained minister and was a kids pastor for several years!

But as grandiose as his professional career, Joe’s most notable achievement to date is his relationship with Jesus, being a husband and a father.

Joe truly is the real deal!

So here’s Joe… Continue Reading…

What an adorable picture…

Yeah I know.  Some of you are disgusted, angry and threatening to never read my blog again!

I don’t really think that parents should cash in their parenting chips to be a younger, hipper, cooler parent!  But I believe there are times when your kids simply need a friend.

Let me explain…

For years I embraced, stepped into and lived the parenting role.  I have always been there to instruct, discipline, guide, teach, inform, correct, love and give three point sermons to my kiddos!

After years of parenting…I woke up and realized that I had become a parent!  Yikes!

There was this huge relational chasm between me and my kiddos because I had spent so much time being a parent.

Yeah…my kids needed me to be a parent, but they also needed me to be a friend.

My kids needed me to…

• Get off my parenting soap box
• Stop giving so many parenting lessons
• Stop, listen and love
• Play lego’s in the floor
• Sit and play a 6 hour game of Monopoly
• Go fishing together
• Cool my jets on correcting their every move….there is some stuff they need to learn the hard way
• Hold their hand and sing “Friends Are Friends Forever”!

Again…I know the title is a bit ridiculous!  But sometimes your kids just need a friend!

What do you think about being your kids friend?
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