Mark and I just completed reading a book I bought for him for Father’s Day called Family Driven Faith by Voddie Bauchum. For anyone who is utterly desiring to see their children succeed (in the true sense of the word…as in…following Christ with their whole heart) this is a must read. Mark and I got a lot out of it and it basically has reiterated to us what we feel our role is in being parents and members of a church.

It’s easier now, armed with the knowledge that we’re not alone in our parenting/church/family philosophy. We’re part of a minority right now but we so see the need and urgency for our children and others’ children that we want to just stand up in our church and yell that this is it…this is how to beat the statistics of young people leaving the church. But we can’t do that because then our secret would be out…everyone would know we’ve gone loopy. As such, we like to just keep them guessing right now!

So, to vent my frustrations and desires, I’m using my blog…because it’s mine (all mine!…mu-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha). So stay tuned for some information on how we do it…faith style! And while you’re waiting, go get Voddie Bauchum’s book!

*I must admit that it’s taken me over a year to correctly pronounce his first name…ugh. Don’t you just hate it when you have to work to pronounce weird names. Why can’t people have simple names like, Ceili Rain? (ahhh, sarcasm)