Tribal Notes are our “field notes”—shared with you from our journey and experience, living the principles and practices from “The Journey” guidebook.
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Faltering Faith
Principle: When the parent-priest is a doubting priest.
Practice: Leading from a place of weakness.
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Compounding Struggles
Principle: Struggles of our older children touch us deeply.
Practice: Follow in the steps of those who’ve journeyed before.
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Discipling Priestly Leaders
Principle: Worshipping ‘with’ our children.
Practice: Relinquish control. Let your children lead you.
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Courage & Humility
Principle: Wanting to journey with your family but it’s awkward?
Practice: Get courageous. Make a humble beginning.
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Problem Solvers
Principle: Invite your children to live as God’s People.
Practice: Give them autonomy to make beauty of chaos.
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Forced Retreat
Principle: Beyond our ‘wants’ lies the reality of God’s Kingdom.
Practice: Re-frame loss and your struggle. Co-operate with God.
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Blank Canvas
Principle: God makes room for new creation by stripping away our scaffolding.
Practice: Attend to what He wants to create – more than to what is lost.
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Fear & Anxiety Communicate
Principle: Fear and Anxiety tell us what we desire.
Practice: Tell God what you desire. Ask Him what He has for you.
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Meeting God In Our Homes
Principle: Doing things “with” God creates an experiential knowledge.
Practice: Gather your family around a prayer, a reading, or a song.
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Opening Our Ears To God
Principle: “Obeying” God is synonymous to “Attending” to God.
Practice: When it feels like a sacrifice to lead spiritually, remember the following.
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Do Ordinary Things With God
Principle: Being stewards, in and around our homes, is still the main storyline of all Scripture.
Practice: Teaching your tribe to be co-creators and co-redeemers.
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Create A Culture Of Love
Principle: Perfect Love drives out fear.
Practice: If a culture of fear is prevalent in your home...
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That High, Holy Road
Principle: The paths God’s People walk lead to a High Road. A “Holy Road.”
Practice: Keep texts like this close by – to encourage you in your journey.
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When Family Rhythms Get Tired
Principle: Renew your worn out family rhythms.
Practice: How to start memorizing Scripture as a family.
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'Cultural Creep' In Our Homes
Principle: We are not yet “home” – and the culture around us creeps in.
Practice: God will guide you in taking inventory of your life.
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Peace In The Midst Of Chaos
Principle: Rest doesn’t come from easy living.
Practice: Ask for just enough of everything.
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Unconditional Love In Hard Conversations
Principle: Holding up children’s Kingdom identity, over and over.
Practice: Imitating how God, our Father, disciplines us.
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Don't Have Time To Rest?
Principle: Our time is a commodity – where to invest?
Practice: Ask God about your investment of ‘time’.
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The Gift Of Parenthood
Principle: Parenting is for our spiritual growth.
Practice: With parenting challenges, ask these questions first…
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Your Home Life & New Creation
Principle: ‘New creation’, for us, is always just around the corner.
Practice: Ask God what new creation He has for you!
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