The Path to Happiness from the world of business analysis.

Below is a flow chart of happiness. what is a flow chart? A flow chart is a visually depiction of a process. Frequently used in business, a flow chart provides a common reference point for those involved in a project or procedure. It is also a helpful point of reference to find errors in a process or project. So we have a tongue in cheek flow chart on a universal of human nature the search of happiness. I like to call it the "the universal exploration for hope driven by an unbearable lightness of being." but that is just me.. SO, are you Happy?

 If the simplistic order left you nauseated or the flow chart didn’t fix things for you? Perhaps this one below will guide you to contentment.  (use zoom on your browser to read your path)

This one is FO my DADDY!

Dad Life from Church on the Move on Vimeo.

DAD is bad! (Yes, in both ways "Bad" is understood). for all the funny and tacky, kacky, that permeate the daddy culture: we got to give them props.  

YOU KNOW, Ephesians 6:4 is a summary of instructions to the father, stated in both a negative and positive way. “Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.” The negative part of this verse indicates that a father is not to foster negativity in his children by severity, injustice, partiality, or unreasonable exercise of authority. Harsh, unreasonable conduct towards a child will only serve to nurture evil in the heart. The word “provoke” means “to irritate, exasperate, rub the wrong way, or incite.” This is done by a wrong spirit and wrong methods—severity, unreasonableness, sternness, harshness, cruel demands, needless restrictions, and selfish insistence upon dictatorial authority. Such provocation will produce adverse reactions, deadening children’s affection, reducing their desire for holiness, and making them feel that they cannot possibly please their parents. A wise parent seeks to make obedience desirable and attainable by love and gentleness.

The positive part of Ephesians 6:4 is expressed in a comprehensive direction—educate them, bring them up, develop their conduct in all of life by the instruction and admonition of the Lord. This is the whole process of educating and discipline. The word “admonition” carries the idea of reminding the child of faults (constructively) and duties (responsibilities).

The Christian father is really an instrument in God's hand. The whole process of instruction and discipline must be that which God commands and which He administers, so that His authority should be brought into constant and immediate contact with the mind, heart, and conscience of children. The human father should never present himself as the ultimate authority to determine truth and duty. It is only by making God the teacher and ruler on whose authority everything is done that the goals of education can best be attained.

THE ONE IS FOR THE MOTHERS

Mommy Rhapsody from Church on the Move on Vimeo.


JUST GOOD FUN - for the Queen fans out there and those lovers of Wayne and Garth, and MOM!

YOU KNOW, Being a mother is a very important role that the Lord chooses to give to many women. A Christian mother is told to love her children (Titus 2:4-5), in part so that she does not bring reproach on the Lord and on the Savior whose name she bears.

Children are a gift from the Lord (Psalm 127:3-5). In Titus 2:4, the Greek word philoteknos appears in reference to mothers loving their children. This word represents a special kind of “mother love.” The idea that flows out of this word is that of caring for our children, nurturing them, affectionately embracing them, meeting their needs, and tenderly befriending each one as a unique gift from the hand of God.

Several commands are directed towards Christian mothers in God’s Word:

• Availability – morning, noon, and night (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
• Involvement – interacting, discussing, thinking, and processing life together (Ephesians 6:4)
• Teaching – the Scriptures and a biblical worldview (Psalm 78:5-6; Deuteronomy 4:10; Ephesians 6:4)
• Training – helping a child to develop skills and discover his/her strengths (Proverbs 22:6) and spiritual gifts (Romans 12:3-8 and 1 Corinthians 12)
• Discipline – teaching the fear of the Lord, drawing the line consistently, lovingly, firmly (Ephesians 6:4; Hebrews 12:5-11; Proverbs 13:24; 19:18; 22:15; 23:13-14; 29:15-17)
• Nurture – providing an environment of constant verbal support, freedom to fail, acceptance, affection, unconditional love (Titus 2:4; 2 Timothy 1:7; Ephesians 4:29-32; 5:1-2; Galatians 5:22; 1 Peter 3:8-9)
• Modeling with Integrity – living what you say, being a model from which a child can learn by “catching” the essence of godly living (Deuteronomy 4:9, 15, 23; Proverbs 10:9; 11:3; Psalm 37:18, 37).