by Jason Dykstra | Jun 14, 2022 | Growth, Practical
Here I am, about to celebrate this special day of dadding by preparing for a 17-hour mini-van trip around Lake Michigan! Exotic, you say? Well, yes, the endless construction and Wisconsin shoreline are quite lovely. No sarcasm at all. And although being pampered on a...
by Jason Dykstra | Apr 21, 2022 | Funny, Growth
The Auto-feeder! Baby not included. Many of the young adults I’ve worked with are now at the age where they’re having kids of their own…one just last week in fact! This brings back lots of precious baby memories and makes me head right for our family...
by Jason Dykstra | Feb 14, 2022 | Growth
It’s a phrase we all use. Sometimes as a joke when we have an oopsy, sometimes as a warning when we’re threatened. “Don’t judge me” may be silly or serious, but it’s always a defense. An ubiquitous and even reflexive wall we throw...
by Jason Dykstra | Nov 22, 2021 | Growth, Practical
You’ve almost certainly been there. For the sake of the greater good, you needed to have a conversation with someone. But you know it will be hard, as the topic is one people don’t often discuss. You try to anticipate how it will be received and therefore how to...
by Jason Dykstra | Sep 14, 2021 | Growth, Practical
The Yeti. If you just thought of your water bottle, then it’s time to watch more shady “documentaries” of “real” creatures late at night. I’m not talking about agua frio; I’m talking about cool mysterious creatures with a cool...
by Jason Dykstra | Aug 19, 2021 | Growth, Theology
It lets others limit what our best can be, when we could be free to realize that for ourselves.It keeps us inexplicably idolizing the rockiness of the richest, instead of spending our resources to help the world’s poorest. It keeps us teaching each other and our...
