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As I mentioned before, the pastoral staff is reading Uncommon by Tony Dungy and discussing at our weekly staff meeting. The book has already prompted some great discussions. Today I wanted to share some quotes from Tony on what it means to be a good dad. I hope these quotes encourage and challenge you. "And today fatherhood remains one of the critical foundations for the health of our current generation and for those that will follow." "I worry that we've forgotten what it means to nurture our children, believing that as long as we provide financial support, the mothers of our children can provide whatever emotional growth our children need. I strongly disagree. Strongly." "Be there for your children! Too many young men and boys are growing up without a male role model in the house to show them what it means to be a man." "Studies have shown that the father's relationship with his daughter will be the primary predictor in the success of ...

Our pastoral staff meets every Wednesday morning to pray together and discuss church matters. We also have been reading a book and then discussing it together. We just finished 15 Characteristics of Effective Pastors. Our new book chosen by Brad was Uncommon by Tony Dungy . I read Chapter 1 today and believe it is going to be a good book. Here a few quotes that I highlighted: "The kind of ideas that our young people are buying into and the pressure to conform are causing teenagers to follow that path of least resistance." "We live in a world in which things are accepted as normal without any thought as to whether they should be or whether there might be a better way. Too often we resign ourselves to accepting that things are just the way they are." "Right now, our society also needs to get back to the fundamentals, those basic principles that will allow us to succeed as men." "I won't apologize for or shy away from that, because that's th...