Seven Life Hacks for Scatterbrained Dads at Work

Seven Life Hacks for Scatterbrained Dads at Work

First off, I just want to say that I'm not scatterbrained, nor am I disorganized. I'm multi-focused. Now that I've got the politically correct semantics out of the way, this blog post for #YouDayTuesday is intended for working dads like me who have a hard time keeping...

3 Things to Do When You Don’t Speak Your Spouse’s Love Language

3 Things to Do When You Don’t Speak Your Spouse’s Love Language

  View image | gettyimages.com   Gentlemen, if you've read author Gary Chapman's 1995 book, The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate, you may remember his premise that there are five ways to express and experience love: Gifts...

Three Reasons Why Your Family Should Plan Strategically Every New Year

Three Reasons Why Your Family Should Plan Strategically Every New Year

At the start of every year, my wife, my two children, and I celebrate the new year as a family. This year, we drove up to Tagaytay and stayed at the PHINMA Training Center, a quiet and secluded Tagaytay facility that was perfect for our family's Strategic Planning...

A Simple Christmas: the Deen Family Playlist 2014

A Simple Christmas: the Deen Family Playlist 2014

Every year, Caths, Nathan, Nicki, and I make a Christmas playlist for family and friends. This year's theme is "A Simple Christmas," and for the first time, we've made the playlist available on Spotify, and combined all the playlists from previous years. Merry...

My Top 25 Songs for 2014

My Top 25 Songs for 2014

It's that time of year to publish year-end charts! Every year since 1990, I've been publishing my personal Top 25 hits weekly since 1990, and I'm continuing a recent tradition of separating Christian from secular songs. :) The No.1 Christian song of the year on my...

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