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There's something different about this book of devotions for dads. Author Tim Wesemann writes as a dad to other dads. He writes about such things as picking up his child at school, going canoeing with one of his sons, seeing the bride and bridegroom at a friend's wedding, and trying to "do it all" to keep up the male image. Each of the 80 devotionals is introduced by a Scripture verse and ends with a brief prayer.
But what makes Lessons in Dadhood stand out is the quality of thinking and writing Wesemann gives to it. A pastor, he doesn't pen pious cliches. He leads readers carefully, never rushed, often with touches of humor, from a particular situation to the larger picture of his (and other dads') gratitude and need for God's grace and forgiveness. In one selection he compares an inside-out peanut butter and jelly sandwich to the Pharisees (all the good stuff was on the outside). He's making the point that we need Christ living within us. "Taste and see that the Lord is good."
The best part of these devotionals comes at the end of each one in a section called "God's Man in Action" where he suggests activities that make you remember what he's writing about.
Wesemann thanks his three children as he begins the book. He's the kind of dad who seems overjoyed to be witnessing to them. He knows they are gifts from the Father. Keep this book in mind to give any dad on Father's Day.
Although Wesemann didn't write his book for use in the Promise Keepers' movement, Lessons in Dadhood fits the call to committment they give dads.
Jay Graham is a youth leader in Greensboro, N.C.
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