SOME BASICS IN THE GRACE OF FATHERING
Scripture Note: 1Th. 2:11 For you know that we dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own children…
Different than mentoring by a degree
Mentoring is not fathering, exactly, even though fathering certainly involves mentoring. I will explain. As you may know, Mentor was a character in Homer’s ancient work: The Odyssey. In this drama King Odysseus (Ullyses) leaves Mentor, a friend, in charge of his son and his palace when he leaves to fight the Trojan War. Easy to see root meanings there. The idea of professional tutelage, or character coaching is popularized in the French author François Fénelon’s book covering the mentoring of a famous French duke. In both examples, and in real life, we do not expect that a mentor is a “bloodline” relationship. In most cases we view mentoring as the addition of a professional coach to build in a younger person a degree of aptitude in skill, intellect, or character for their betterment. Fathering may certainly require all the elements listed above, but it requires something more wouldn’t you say? (more…)
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Basics in Fathering
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
How to Act like a Son
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008Scripture Note
Prov. 4:1 Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.
Part I
Like a “Dummies” guide for sonship
I love those books for “Dummies.” I don’t feel condescended to when I pick one up, rather, I feel that I will get the fundamentals laid out in a quick, easy-to-read manner and that all the non-essentials will be happily omitted. Great. So here is my offering to you. A quick, easy-to-read primer on some of the essentials of acting like a son. No big work on the concept, the theology of, or the great historical works surrounding…just the bare essentials for action. This article is not meant to be exhaustive. You may find things to add. Email me. (more…)