Phil Callaway
Phil Callaway is an award-winning author and speaker, known worldwide for his humorous yet perceptive look at life. He is the best-selling author of twenty-four books including Laughing Matters, Who Put My Life On Fast Forward? I Used to Have Answers…Now I Have Kids, Making Life Rich Without Any Money, and Family Squeeze. Phil's writings have been translated into languages like Polish, Chinese, Spanish, German, Dutch, Indonesian, and English (one of which he speaks fluently!)
Described as “Dave Barry with a message,” Callaway is a popular speaker for corporations, conferences, camps, and marriage retreats. He is a frequent guest on national radio and television, and partners with Compassion, an international child development agency. Phil’s writings have won more than a dozen international awards. His 5-part video series The Big Picture is being viewed in 80,000 churches worldwide.
Callaway is editor of Servant magazine, which he helped start in 1989 with the goal of encouraging, edifying, and educating readers. A general interest magazine, Servant is now read in more than 100 countries. Subscribe or read it here. Phil is a syndicated columnist and has published hundreds of articles in such publications as Marriage Partnership, Focus on the Family, New Man, Christian Parenting Today, Christian Reader, Home Life, Decision, and Faith & Friends.
He lives in Alberta, Canada with Ramona and their three children. Apart from hanging out with his family, one of Phil's greatest passions is telling stories that help people laugh and learn about the things that matter most. Check out his site www.laughagain.org >/a>
Happy Holidays
Christmas morning came early when three small children roamed our house. They are teenagers now, so we’re happy if they wake up before lunch. When they were little they pounced on me at 4 a.m., jarring me from slumber. “Let’s open the gifts,” they’d holler. Hey,” I’d say, trying to remember where I was, “It’s [...] Read More >
Happy Holidays
Christmas morning came early when three small children roamed our house. They are teenagers now, so we’re happy if they wake up before lunch. When they were little they pounced on me at 4 a.m., jarring me from slumber. “Let’s open the gifts,” they’d holler. Hey,” I’d say, trying to remember where I was, “It’s [...] Read More >
I Can’t Love Without You
“Hollywood Stars Falling Out of Love.” The bold headline jumps out at me from a tabloid known worldwide for its careful attention to truth, accuracy, integrity and particularly freedom of speech. Below is a celebrity couple in happier days. The caption reads: “…We just don’t love each other anymore.” At the top of the page [...] Read More >
I Hate Witnessing
Thanks in part to our great uncle Air Miles, our family of five was privileged to spend a week in Mexico, suffering in the sand and pounding the streets of Mazatlan looking for cheap t-shirts. We sampled the local cuisine and interacted with street people—many of them without limbs, most of them without hope. On [...] Read More >
Late for Christmas
It’s hard to believe another year has come and gone. Time waits for no man, and very few women, my father used to say. Like the New Year, the wise men came after Christmas. They’re not really part of the nativity set. Scholars believe the magi were Gentiles who had come from the east and [...] Read More >
Marriage Pop Quiz!
Please answer each question honestly, bearing in mind that while it is impossible to fail this test, your answers may determine where you’ll spend the night. 1. When you are wrong, you will admit it to your partner: A. Within seconds. B. Just as soon as cows produce root beer. C. Usually before sunset. 2. On [...] Read More >
Of Bumper Cars and Harpoons
I’ve been hanging out in nursing homes a little earlier than I planned, now that Mom finds herself a permanent resident in this one-story unit a mile from our house. Here most of the inmates are aging gracefully. Others are determined to seek vengeance by using their wheelchairs as bumper cars and their canes as [...] Read More >
Sharks ahoy!
Ever since he was knee high to a Doberman the boy was fearless. Take him to the ocean and he’d jump in looking for sharks. Take him to the mountains and he’d see how high he could climb. One day when he was 5, I watched in horror as he jumped off a roof—a garbage [...] Read More >
Squeeze the Day
Two major events took place during the week this book was due. First of all, I turned 40. Don’t worry, I am not having a midlife crisis yet. I will wait to finish this chapter before I dye my hair. Several birthday cards arrived from friends who were trying to be helpful, I’m sure. One contained [...] Read More >
The Age of Enlightenment
I was in fourth grade when I first heard about sex. For all I know, it may not have existed before that point in history (October 16, 1969, a Wednesday, I believe). In a rather memorable moment, a neighbor boy whom we shall call Bobby (because that is his name), told me all about it. [...] Read More >