Nurturing Our Children to become ‘Little Christs.’ “Every Christian is to become a little Christ. The whole purpose of becoming a Christian is simply nothing else.” (C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity). What does it mean to become a “little Christ,” a human version of the divine Messiah? How do we go about becoming little Christs? And how is …
Home Unsweetened: How a Man Can Make a Hell of a Home. C. S. Lewis’ book “The Screwtape Letters” is a series of conversations between two fallen angels in Hades, and strategies they can use to make a person truly fit for hell. It’s a classic, and I recommend it. I would like to take …
Nurturing a Christian Home by Actively Waiting. “In my mind I keep returning to something, something that gives me hope – the mercies of the Lord are not exhausted, His tender compassions have not ended. On the contrary, they are new every morning! How great is your faithfulness! The Lord is all I have, I …
Nurturing a Christ-Centered Home in the Style of Joseph and Mary. “Jesus is our childhood pattern; Day by day, like us he grew.” (C.F. Alexander, 1874). Many of us believers are doing our best to follow Jesus, to love and to trust in him. But we actually don’t know much about his life. His first …
Nurturing a Christian Home by Practicing the Social Graces of Common Courtesy. “There are no ‘ordinary’ people… You have never talked to a mere mortal… It is immortals whom we joke with, marry, snub, and exploit…” (C. S. Lewis). Christian homes are not ‘charm schools.’ Families don’t always about proper etiquette. Who cares, really, if you …
Nurturing a Christian Home: The Hospitality of Father Abraham. “May the All-Merciful One bless this table at which we have eaten. May it be like the table of Abraham our father; All who are hungry may eat from it, and all who are thirsty may drink from it.” (from a traditional Sephardic Jewish Passover liturgy). Father …
Nurturing the Whole Mind in a Christ-Centered Home. “Jesus answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with everything you got: all your heart, all your soul, all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” (Luke 10:27). Jesus Christ co-designed the human mind, the mysterious seat of consciousness of each person, and …
Nurturing the Christian Home, The Sacrament of Marriage. “Haven’t you read the Scriptures about creation? The Creator made us male and female from the very beginning, and for this reason a man will leave his father and mother and cling to his wife, sticking to her like glue. He will be literally joined with his …
Nurturing a Brain-Friendly Christian Home. “The Kingdom of God is like a farmer who scatters seed on the ground. Night and day, while he’s asleep or awake, the seed sprouts and grows, but he does not understand how it happens. The earth produces the crops on its own. First a leaf blade pushes through, then …
Nurturing a Christian Home with the Kindness of All the One Another‘s. “Become kind to one another, and tender-hearted, gracing each other as God in Christ has graced you.” (Ephesians 4:32). The training ground in the home for how to treat each other is wherever all the members of the home mingle and interact. One might …
Nurturing the Ability to Reason Together at Home. “Come, let us reason together.” (Isaiah 1:18). In this passage we find Yahweh asking for His people to come to the table for a civilized discussion about an important topic, the life-saving matter of forgiveness from sins. In other words, the Lord is asking for the people …
Nurturing A Christian Culture at Home with the Family Table. “How fortunate, how happy are you who fear the Lord, you who are filled with reverence for Him. All of us who follow His ways are to be envied, because God Himself will bless us! You will enjoy the fruit of your labor and be …