Mephibosheth is hardly a household name. Thank goodness. Imagine the t-ball games with Mephibosheth at bat. “You got this, Meph!” Or little Mephibosheth rounding the bases. “Go, Shethie, go!”.

No, thankfully, Mephibosheth is not a household name. It’s a name that appears only briefly in scripture. Yet, his short story speaks volumes to us about the power of fathers to shape our lives for good.

Mephibosheth was the son of Jonathan and the grandson of Saul, [Read more…]