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Youth Sports Part 2

Character, Spring 2019, Valor ParentsApril 15, 2019613Views 0Likes 0Comments

When to Call it Quits. I’m a dad who values sports. I played professional sports, coached over 20 of my four sons’ youth teams, and saw three of them play Division 3 college football and one make it to a Division 1 team. I wrote a previous article, Knowing the Goal, to encourage the right…

Wipe Out

Parenting, Spring 2019, Valor ParentsApril 15, 2019527Views 0Likes 0Comments

When I took the job I had no idea how badly I would mess things up. The summer after I graduated high school, I took a temporary job working at a small radio station. Typically, I did simple tasks like answering phones and typing letters, but the most important job I had was in the…

That Shouldn’t Be There

Spring 2019, Valor ParentsApril 15, 2019503Views 0Likes 0Comments

Our only hope was in hearing the bad news The E.R. doctor called me over to look at the computer monitor on which an image of my wife's brain was displayed. He pointed to a big blob in the middle of her brain and simply said, "That shouldn't be there." It was very bad news.…

Anger: Nowhere To Run

Character, Spring 2019, Valor ParentsApril 15, 2019478Views 0Likes 0Comments

“I buried my anger, and then it buried me.” I want to tell you about my friend. He's still in jail; guilty of laundering money. He’s got another seven years left. Before it all crumbled this guy had more money than I will probably have in three lifetimes. He didn't launder money because he…

My Dad Built Me While I Built a Little Wooden Car

Character, Parenting, Valor ParentsFebruary 8, 2019483Views 0Likes 0Comments

I have many fond memories of growing up in the Brigade ministry. A personal highlight for me was the annual StocKar derby at my church. My dad would work with me cutting, sanding and painting our masterpieces for the race. I learned a lot through the entire experience from preparation to race day. The process…

Four Reasons Anger Makes Me Smile

Character, Communication, Fall 2018, Valor ParentsNovember 1, 2018463Views 0Likes 0Comments

I learned that I have a maniac inside of me on February 3rd, 2002. Six years into our marriage we were still living in the “15 cent dinner, ramen noodle years”, where you have no money at all. But we'd splurged on a TV. It was the first major purchase of our marriage and we’d…

A Better Story

Culture, Fall 2018, Parenting, Slider, Valor ParentsNovember 1, 20181KViews 0Likes 1Comment

A tale for dinnertime conversation Ideas for discussing this story with your boys, and suggested answers, can be found here. The unbelieving world tells you a story: that you are the result of a cosmic “BANG!” That you are an animal. You have no purpose. You are not special. There is no God in whose image…

A Better Story: Discussion Questions and Answers

Culture, Fall 2018, Parenting, Valor ParentsNovember 1, 2018484Views 0Likes 0Comments

Boys love stories! And stories are a powerful medium with which to communicate deep truths to the heart. Below you will find questions and potential answers we hope will help bring about good conversation between you and your sons after you've read the article to them, A Better Story, a tale for dinnertime conversation The…

Why Our Stories Matter

Fall 2018, Parenting, Valor Parents, You’re Not AloneNovember 1, 2018533Views 0Likes 0Comments

Have you ever noticed that most of the Bible is comprised of stories? These stories tend to come in two flavors: God giving impossibly weak people the ability to do impossibly big things, and deeply sinful people being forgiven by God's amazing grace. These are not fables concocted from men's imaginations to make a good…

A Well Intentioned Fool

Fall 2018, Parenting, Valor ParentsNovember 1, 20181KViews 0Likes 1Comment

I found my anger in a broken drawer Do I get a pass because no creature can awaken anger and frustration like a 14 year old boy? We homeschool. My dear wife had taken the primary mantle of responsibility for this calling until they reached high-school. At that point she passed the baton to…

From Fear To Faith

Fall 2018, Sex Topics, Transformed Lives, Valor Parents, You’re Not AloneNovember 1, 2018505Views 0Likes 0Comments

"You Are Not Alone: Stories from young men" is a series of personal stories we are collecting by young men to encourage peers and parents alike to pursue Jesus. Paul sought to encouraged us in 1 Corinthians 10:31 we are not alone in our temptation, and we want to continue that tradition by giving a voice…

This Moment Changed His Life

Transformed Lives, Valor ParentsNovember 1, 2018525Views 0Likes 0Comments

Originally printed in Brigade Leader eMagazine, a magazine for equipping Brigade Leaders Joe was small. One of two city kids who were on the trip. He was the only black fellow in the group. This was probably the first time he’d ever been out in the wilderness … yeah … I’m sure it was. And it…

Youth Sports Part 2

Wipe Out

That Shouldn’t Be There

Anger: Nowhere To Run

My Dad Built Me While I Built a Little Wooden Car

Four Reasons Anger Makes Me Smile

A Better Story

A Better Story: Discussion Questions and Answers

A Well Intentioned Fool

From Fear To Faith

This Moment Changed His Life

Brigade was not started to do something for boys,
but

~ Joe Coughlin, Founder of Christian Service Brigade

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