Last night we had our first FSM–Father/Son Meeting.

Parker signed a covenant last weekend that included three challenges. Part of the intellectual challenge is reading twelve books that we discuss together. And part of the spiritual challenge is reading the New Testament. So we get together and talk about God and talk about life. I’m guessing our meetings will look very different five weeks or fifteen weeks from now. I think they will get deeper and better as we go. But it was good to get started.

How did it go? I didn’t hear an angelic choir singing Handel’s Messiah, but I know that 52 one-on-one discipleship meetings with my son will pay big-time dividends in his life and mine!

By the way, when I post about parenting please don’t think I’m a great dad all the time! I do and say lots of stuff I regret. There are lots of days I feel like a failure as a dad. But I am determined to disciple my kids. And I want to share this part of my life because I do believe that parenting is more important than pastoring.