“And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. 7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. 8 You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.9 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.” Deut. 6:6-9.
Were I to come up with a term that best captures the instructions above, it would be the idea of ‘life discipleship’. It would seem that Christian parents and guardians have their work cut out for them. Yet there are ordinary ways to incorporate this commandment into our daily routines, better still, weave our routines into the commandment. Continue reading “A call to discipleship”