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My family is my church

51 commentsin: Family life..15/11/07, 11:31:11 PM

I can`t seem to get my kids to sleep in their own rooms. The night that I got back home after my trip to Oregon, this is what I found in my wonderful, spacious king-sized bed (that has now become too small):



I`m so soft. I just can`t seem to say ‘no’ to them. Our family is really close, but this is ridiculous. My night sleeps have been terrible these days. The kids are always crawling into bed. Okay, we put our foot down with the older boys, but I just can`t resist my twin girls. They have me wrapped around their little fingers, just about ready to pull me apart like a wishbone. Everyone tells me to cherish these years because they go by so quickly. So that is my justification. I`m enjoying my kids. I`m letting them stay close to me. We are building a close knit family and I like that.

People ask me what I do for church now. Usually, people ask me if I`m in a house church. The truth is, my wife and four kids are my church. Most of us, in our North American lifestyle, only have time to maintain a few close relationships. Well, there are five people in my family that need me and it is most important to me that we remain close. They are my community. They are my church. I don`t have much more to give outside of them, without my family being sacrificed. I have two or three other friends that I`m close to. I can tell them anything. They know my joys and they know my weaknesses. We can even tell our sins to each other and we do so without fear or shame. I text or email one of them, at least every other day. My wife, my kids and my close guy friends – this is my church.

Twice a week my sons and I do this thing we call ‘Theology with Dad.’ I`m teaching them what I know about God and we`re studying scripture together. They have amazing insights and I learn as much as they do.

My family is the best thing going on in my life and I feel so incredibly blessed.


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“Amen to all of the above! I have trouble keeping my girls in their room as well. But, they are sneaky! They wait till dad has gotten a few hours sleep and then creep in, knowing I do not have the desire to get out of bed to take them back to theirs!„

Ray posted on Friday, November 16, 2007 - 14:35

“I love this concept--the family being the church. My wife and I officially took the dive into doing house church about 9 months ago and know that this is where we're supposed to be. We still seem to be trying to figure out what it looks like, how to do it, etc. But regardless, we long to be more intentional in being a family that is a church to one another. We don't have kids yet (still newly-weds), but we long for our kids to grow up in this kind of family. I have second cousins who are Mormons, and I have always admired the way that they insist on doing a "family time" each evening in which they spend time sharing what's on their hearts, reading from their book of mormon or from the Bible, and praying together. As much as we disagree with their beliefs, I think we can still learn a lot from the Mormons in the sense of being a family. Why is it so hard for Christian families to do this together? „

Steven posted on Sunday, November 18, 2007 - 14:33

“Keep it up and I do mean keep it all up.



I found your site today through my frind Iggy's blog.



My family is my church too!



When I get back to Arizona I can't wait to start listening to your book.„

Joshua Guild posted on Friday, November 23, 2007 - 10:21

“What a precious photo of your kids all crashed in your bed! It brings back memories of when ours were small, and would start climbing in early in the morning and zonking back out again. We never have had a king bed, so usually I got squeezed out along the way!



Thanks for the reality of family as church. We've functioned that way for a number of years while being in a pioneering cross-cultural situation, but didn't put the word "church" to it mostly because of the baggage the word had taken on in this context. It's time to take back the real use of the term!



Have been enjoying your podcast book, songs and blog since being directed your way from a couple of other blogs/forums earlier this month!„

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