TrueLife Church - Brier Creek » Parenting http://blog.mytruelife.org The blog of TrueLife Church located in Brier Creek Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:46:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 2006-2011 podcast@mytruelife.org (Mark Carr) podcast@mytruelife.org (Mark Carr) 1440 http://blog.mytruelife.org/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/144x144truelifei-pod.jpg TrueLife Church - Brier Creek http://blog.mytruelife.org 144 144 TrueLife Church - Brier Creek Podcast of TrueLife Church in Raleigh/Durham, NC TrueLife, Church, True, Life, Church, Mark, Carr, Mark, Carr, Brier, Creek Mark Carr Mark Carr podcast@mytruelife.org no no Prayer Walk http://blog.mytruelife.org/2008/06/12/prayer-walk/ http://blog.mytruelife.org/2008/06/12/prayer-walk/#comments Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:30:08 +0000 markcarr http://blog.mytruelife.org/?p=287 Continue reading →]]> img_0281 img_0285 img_0282 img_0278 On Thursday mornings I usually try to take some extended time to pray by going on a prayer walk. The majority of the time this means a trip to some of my favorite trails at Umstead State Park. Since my kids were out of school for the summer, I invited my oldest son to join me today (Leadership means you take someone else along for the ride, Mark’s obvious leadership tip #282).

I was not sure how today was going to go, because I pray along the trail like I am talking out loud to a friend. (I can do that there, because no one is around). A funny thing happened, when Jackson just joined in with me. We went from talking to each other, to praying, to looking at a tiny frog, and then back to praying. It felt like we had been doing this for years together. I don’t know if today was a monumental day for him, but it sure was for me.

Spirituality is meant to be a part of our everyday lives. Everything is spiritual. Spiritual parenting is simply letting your kids see a glimpse of God in the normality of life.

Deuteronomy 6:4-8

4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. [a] 5 Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. 6 These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. 7 Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 8 Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. 9 Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.

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