Technology is a shining sword that will slay us if we don’t know how to handle it. Only a fool wields a weapon without the know-how. The instruction our children need most is not found inside schools or peer groups. Parents are the God-given gatekeepers to guide kids into proper technology use, if we want the next generation to advance without injury.  Gatekeepers are not trending. It’s clear at the playground that child and parent roles often play in reverse. The kids call the shots and scream when they don’t get their way. I know from experience how lame and powerless I feel when I cannot get my toddler off…

I knew more about my parent’s cat Amos than the prophet by the same name. When I started to listen to Amos’ message from a Lord that roars like a lion (Amos 3:8), I considered flipping to passages where Jesus points out wildflowers and blesses babies. Israel’s sin in the book of Amos seemed worse than mine and the judgment warnings inapplicable at this point of salvation history. The thing about roars is that they are hard to mute. Even the deaf feel its vibrations. As with every page of our Bible, the book of Amos still roars to us today. If we lay ourselves down in front of the…