+ At the first sign of resistance, some parents refuse to press their children to attend or participate in worship or other church activities.  Their response usually goes something like this: “if I force them to go, they resent religion and turn their back on faith…I’ll respect their resistance now and they will not turn away.”  That is messed-up thinking on so many levels.  It puts the child, who is by nature “foolish” (see Prov.22:15) in charge of their own spiritual training.  It places the child as the defining spiritual center of the home, instead of the parent. (see Eph. 6:1-4). And according to this new survey, the assumption on which the attitude is based is just plain wrong.  

+ Doing some Christmas book shopping?  Check out some recommended titles here and here (for men) and here (for ladies) and here (Amazon’s best of 2007).

+ What if there were a room that cataloged your every thought and action? Could you bear to review them?  Josh Harris wrote ‘The Room” – an article that touches on inescapable guilt and our need for redemption, and the work Jesus did on the cross. Check it out-and maybe use it to start a conversation.   

+ Take a few minutes to bask your soul in this song by Fernando Ortega: