I wonder how many of you are ready to attack not only a new year,

but a new decade at all of our churches today.

A few of you, good.

I also wonder, is there anybody who would like to hear one

of the most controversial parenting moments in my parenting career?

Yeah, I'll tell you.

I'm not going to tell you this.

So this is not your example.

This isn't necessarily what you should do a face with a similar situation.

This will be debated for decades to come amongst the Groschelle families,

whether I was honoring God or if I was sinning in a massive way.

But I'll just tell you kind of what happened.

My bride and best friend, Amy, is with me again in the service this weekend.

Together we created six kids.

That is a basketball team with a sub.

We have four daughters.

We have two sons, Stevens, my youngest son, Sam, as my oldest.

Whenever Sam was a little kid about this big, I don't remember the exact age,

small enough to play in the little playlands at a fast food restaurant

where they have slides and little tunnels to crawl through and such.

Well, Sam was in there playing very innocently when a bigger kid that looked

like he was maybe two years older or so came up to Sam, unprovoked for no reason,

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