Because Silliness is Next to Godliness...
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From the Slugs and Bugs Blog
Monkey Business
Early in the life of this blog, I posted about one of the VeggieTales silly songs AP and I wrote. It is called “Monkey” and it is ridiculous, which I love. The VeggieTales artists created a brilliant stage for the song and I just loved the video as soon as I saw it. Well, our [...] (read more)
Our Compassion Kids
Through Compassion, we have sponsored Tania (Honduras) and Didan (Uganda) for many years now. Through our sponsorship, they are provided with food, clothes, medicine, education, and gospel studies for less than the cost of taking my family out to Chik-fil-a. Every couple of months, we open the letter from Didan or Tania and catch up [...] (read more)
How to Promote a Slugs and Bugs Concert
Last weekend I brought Slugs and Bugs to a First Baptist Church of Vincennes, Indiana, and it was a rollicking good time. Tickets were $5 and for their first-ever Slugs and Bugs concert, they jam-packed the sanctuary with well over 400 people and it seemed like the whole place was singing along to every song. [...] (read more)
Kids Say the Darndest Things
My wife got her hair cut today. It looks amazing, and when she walked in, I told her so. When we first met, her hair was cut up in a pixie that was shorter than my shaggy college guy look. And that’s the cut she got today. I said, “Baby, it looks awesome. I LOVE [...] (read more)
How Not To Kill A Snake
So I’m leaving this lake house in northwest Arkansas, navigating our Toyota minivan onto the dirt road, and I see a huge snake sunning in the afternoon heat. My “be kind to God’s creatures” instincts kicked in and I aimed my tires to pass on either side of him. Just before sparing him, I saw [...] (read more)
We Have Seen The Fork, And His Name Is… Jesus?
(Or, Teaching Moments are Overrated, Part 2) If a stranger to food saw me eating spaghetti with my hands, would he know I was missing a fork? When my kids see me make a mess (losing my temper, being cruel or sarcastic, lying, boasting, etc…) they will know what I lack because they have also [...] (read more)
Teaching Moments are Overrated
In the past 24 hours, one or more of my children have lied to my face, ignored my instruction, talked back, thrown a temper tantrum, complained about getting the wrong kind of gift, and intentionally exposed themselves (to relatives, but still…) immediately after having been warned about that. Having said all that, let me also [...] (read more)
Isacc Watts Cradle Hymn
My cousin Bo in St. Louis sent me this Hymn text, and I’ve written some music and taken out some scary verses so it can make the Slugs and Bugs Christmas Record. I wanted to post the text in its entirety, however, because it is beautiful and frightening at the same time. Certainly, times were [...] (read more)
North, or Be Eaten! Wins Prestigious Award
I hope you already knew that Andrew Peterson (my co-conspirator on Slugs and Bugs and Lullabies) is an author of 2 fantastic children’s books. On The Edge Of The Dark Sea Of Darkness is his captivating introduction to the land of Aerwiar, and the follow-up novel, North, Or Be Eaten builds on the original into [...] (read more)
Education vs. Intimacy
It is early morning. For more than an hour I’ve been up praying, or reading scripture, or checking out ESPN.com, and now I’m sitting down at the kitchen table eating a bowl of Honeynut Cheerios with almond milk, and a handful of blueberries. The birds are now awake and tweeting like a tree full of [...] (read more)
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