Author Archives: Tim

A different thing than asking God to fix your kids

Posted on October 29, 2018

[Today’s guest post on honest parenting experiences is from Dan Behrens, a pastor in Auburn, Washington. Dan nails it.] Discussion on “parenting advice” and “spanking” is complex and can be tough to navigate. I am certainly no expert, but as … Continue reading →

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“Whodunnit?” From the mouths of babes …

Posted on October 17, 2018

Kids Ask Some Great Questions I first became a judge in 1995, and my kids were really young. They liked coming to the courthouse and seeing where Dad worked. One time my son asked about the people in jail. He … Continue reading →

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Rhythms of Grace – deficiencies and sufficiencies

Posted on October 15, 2018

[Today’s guest post is from Gricel Medina.] Since I was a child I have always suffered from a particular vitamin deficiency. My body would respond with symptoms that alerted my mom that it is was time to get my blood … Continue reading →

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Guardians, Adoption, Slavery and Freedom – the difference between law and grace

Posted on October 10, 2018

A couple weeks ago I covered some cases for another judge. It was the Friday guardianship and adoption calendar, an assignment I used to have in my own courtroom but hadn’t seen since I transferred back to a criminal assignment … Continue reading →

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Whose Money is it Anyway? Lessons from Finances, Anxiety and a Baby’s Birth

Posted on October 8, 2018

[Today’s guest post is from Megan Westra, a writer and speaker who also serves on the leadership team of a Milwaukee church. Here she writes of her growing understanding of money, faith, family and friends.] The Anxiety of Financial Matters … Continue reading →

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Taking My Dad to Concerts and the ER

Posted on September 26, 2018

Back in the 70s when I was still a teen, my Dad would take me to concerts. These weren’t concerts I wanted to go to and he’d drive. These were concerts he wanted to go to and – after I … Continue reading →

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God’s Got Your Name (and It’s Not a Bad Thing Either)

Posted on September 24, 2018

My friend Julian knew the name of the capital city of every country in the world. Every single one. Julian was an older student at the University of Sussex, where we wound up in the same building of on-campus housing … Continue reading →

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Living the Christian Life Is Not About You

Posted on September 20, 2018

What it takes to live the Christian life:

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Jesus Perplexes Me, and Someone’s Got Some Explaining to Do

Posted on September 18, 2018

Some stories about Jesus perplex me, like this one where Jesus asks a question that in a sense makes no sense. Luke tells of a healing, and an impressive one at that. Jesus healed ten people at once, transforming them … Continue reading →

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Mail and Female: Women, the Post Office, and Church

Posted on September 13, 2018

Women in the Post Office Angela Serratore’s 2012 article on 19th Century women and the rise of modern postal service sheds light on a world foreign to people who use modern electronic communications with ease and from the privacy of … Continue reading →

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