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Stephen Bly – How To Be A Good Dad – What A Spiritual House is Not
Stephen Bly in How To Be A Good Dad makes a list of what a spiritual house is not. “It’s not a place…: 1) where there’s a pulpit in the living room, and all the chairs look like pews; 2) where the only time anyone raises their voice is to say “Praise the Lord;” 3) Where every family member is up, dressed, fed, and waiting anxiously in the living room a half-hour before Sunday school starts; 4) where the most often repeated phrase heard from the children is, “Yes mother, I’d be happy to help out.” 5) where an exciting evening means sitting around the table playing “Name That Ancient Hymn;” 6) Where every family member sits still during the prayer before meals, at times even begging Dad to pray longer; 7) where there are no unmade beds, dirty clothes tossed in closets, petrified spaghetti noodles in the pan in the sink, or half-eaten Christmas candy canes under the couch cushion; where Missy spends every spare moment after junior high classes knitting socks for needy children overseas; 9) where Junior jumps up to turn off the TV when the cartoon show presents an unbiblical view of good and evil; 10) where the kids often invite their friends to come hear Dad’s weekly morality lecture. (pp.89-90)
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