Fatherhood struck me as it does most men: with the ego-shattering affirmation that from that moment forth, there would always be something greater, more beautiful, and more worthy of the lord’s grace than I would ever be. Many fathers refer to that moment as “humbling.” But what most of us mean is we are terrified at being confronted by the physical embodiment of our unpreparedness, our mortality, and a new obligation to make the world a better place for our children to live in.
