Family: Do Whatever It Takes
Since this is a week completely devoted to family, I thought it would be a good time to share some of my thoughts about family. This is a 5-minute talk I did for The Nines 2011 last month. In it, I share some heart-felt thoughts about the priority of family. After you watch it, I’d love to hear your comments.
Posted by Tim Stevens
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5 comments
Rich Landosky
Tim, great words and wise words. Reminders are always good. My wife and I have been doing the week away together and alone for about 4-5 years now and I will tell you that it is one of the most important things we do. I'm right there with you – couples in ministry need to figure out how to make it happen. That may be the only part I've gotten figured out though. LOL. Still trying to figure out how to make the date nights work on a regular basis as opposed to once or twice every few months. Got the time thing with my son working pretty good – coached his baseball team this year for that reason and to intentionally build relationships with other men in the community. Still trying to figure it out with my daughter who is turning 12 and is now in my youth group (that's a scary thing). Don't want the only time we have to be when we arrive early to set up and prep for a middle school event. Got to work on that one. Anyway, thanks again for the reminder. We all need them regularly because the pressures and demands of ministry seem to cause us to have tunnel vision and miss meeting the needs and loving well our families.
tijuanabecky
I definitely think you have a point on the importance of family here, your talk at The Nines 2011 was awesome.
Sarah Holbrook
My husband and I also do date night, we love it and have done it since we met 17 years ago. We use to go away every year for our anniversary/my birthday, but we've gotten out of that habit. I would love to start it up again. We just recently went through a very very bad time in our marriage and found that our regular dates night helped us to stay grounded. I work at the church and my husband volunteers, but we found that coming home at 5 PM every night and having dinner with our boys; making that time sacred is key.
cory kent
wow- right between the eyes… thanks. I'm encouraged and inspired to make these priorities again. ck
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