For me, this fall has been a lesson in this. I feel like I’m relearning my rhythms all over again. Morning prayer and scripture reading are different during school than in summer. Afternoon reading shifts to times of silence.
All tagged Discipleship
How Exposure Undermines Discipline
Brokenness is not a treasure. We carry the treasure in broken vessels. It is not an opportunity to have a new conversion story every week. Brokenness is a gift from God in the re-creation of His people and the re-formation of the Second Adam's wife — the church.
Fatherly Discipline
In Fatherly discipline, one takes the lead role in both administering the necessary punishment and bringing about reconciliation.
But Bring Them Up
It should be clear at this point, but is worth repeating — discipline of children is not about changing behavior.
How To Potty Train A Christian
The general Christian is like Judah — pooping in his diaper, peeing on the toilet seat, and beaming with pride.
Restoring the "Natural" Tracks
Infant baptism, in part, looks to redeem the created order that God established in Adam. Were sin to not have entered into the world there would be no distinction between a child’s growth in godliness and their “natural” growth as a human (both physically and psycho-socially)
You Are What You Love NOT What You Think
The way to get to someone's heart is not (solely) through the mind. We humans are more than just "brains on a stick." God gave us bodies and, therefore, the whole body must be