Switching Roles for our “not so little” man

Switching Roles for our “not so little” man

This week, our little man, became a bit less little.

He turned 13 this week. This is a milestone in a young man’s life.
I remember, that at the age of 13, I was allowed to:

  • first shoot a rifle,
  • own my own pocket knife,
  • ride my bike to friend’s houses,
  • use the phone to call friends.

These are various freedoms we take for granted as an adult, but as a young man, these were all steps of responsibility and freedom.

Like me, Our son will gain new responsibilities and privileges:

  • open ( but still monitored) access to the internet,
  • his own email address,
  • and possibly access to FB … Click to Continue

Site Clean-Up

I did a little site maintenance today. We went from 780+ users to just over 80.

The reason for that is because those subscriber accounts were stale. They had not logged in in over 60 days and there was no posted activity at all. I now have a tool that will do that on a schedule.

This effort was taken to improve the experience of active readers. Since I block all spam posts and comments now have to be approved (due to spam abuse) I had noticed a pattern of new subscribers that log in, then realize they can’t spam. After the first login I never see them again. Those accounts are now cleaned up automatically as well.

If I deleted your account and you WANT that account, please re-register. I recommend you Log In and comment every so often to avoid getting hit by the Clean-Up monster.

Thanks for reading.

May God Bless your week.

May Jesus have His way with your day

  – Gary C –

Gary Cartagena is a dedicated husband and father.
He is Founder and consultant for Tek Management,
Founder of the Men’s Leadership site: CalebStrong.org,
Co-Founder of the online Bible study app: BibleCounts

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