At one point his mother and brothers: see Mark 3:21.
Turn the hearts of parents to: Malachi 4:6.
Are you tired? Worn out?: Matthew 11:28-30, The Message.
Take [their children] by the hand: Ephesians 6:4, The Message.
Jesus knew this and often pushed: “For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother” (Matthew 12:50).
Individuals who grew up in families that were less functional: Ronald M. Sabatelli and Suzanne Bartle-Haring, “Family-of-Origin Experiences and Adjustment in Married Couples,” Journal of Marriage and Family 65:1 (February 2003), 159-169, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1741-3737.2003.00159.x/abstract;jsessionid=421211F14584A764B72ED0FC205A6457.f01t01.
Honor your father and mother: Exodus 20:12.
Learning to tell a cohesive story about your life: Daniel L. Siegal and Mary Hartzell, Parenting from the Inside Out (New York: Tarcher, 2004), 31–52.
Why have you forgotten me?: Psalm 42:9-11.
God sets the lonely in families: Psalm 68:6.
All things God works for the good: Romans 8:28.
Live in me. Make your home in me: John 15:4, The Message.
Lord, you have been our dwelling: Psalm 90:1.
Loving God and neighbor: see Luke 10:27.
Doing justice, loving mercy: Micah 6:8.
Hear, O Israel, the LORD our God: Deuteronomy 6:4-5.
When we repeat behaviors, neural pathways are strengthened: Cathryn M. Delude, “Brain researchers explain why old habits die hard,” MIT News, October 19, 2005, http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2005/habit.
Not as unwise, but as wise: Ephesians 5:15-16.
Do not merely look out for [our]: Philippians 2:4 NASB.
In 1928, economist John Maynard Keynes predicted: Elizabeth Kolbert, “No Time: How Did We Get So Busy?” The New Yorker, May 26, 2014, www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/05/26/no-time.
There is a time for everything: Ecclesiastes 3:1.
Count the cost: Luke 14:28.
Storytelling plays a vital role in shaping moral imagination: Paul C. Vitz, “The use of stories in moral development. New psychological reasons for an old education method,” American Psychologist 45:6 (June 1990), 709–720, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2195928.
Researchers often identify a shared religious core: Leo Sandy, “Healthy/Productive/Effective/Optimal Families,” http://jupiter.plymouth.edu/~lsandy/healthy_family.html.
Are we human beings that have spiritual experiences: Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, The Phenomenon of Man (New York: Harper Perennial, 1955).
We live in a God-bathed world: Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy (New York: HarperSanFrancisco, 1998), 61.
We see through a glass, darkly: 1 Corinthians 13:12 KJV.
We need to “create a proper container” of concrete beliefs: Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2011), 1.
Jesus once described the mystery of life: see Matthew 13:44.
If you call out for insight: Proverbs 2:3-5.
It’s a world that reveals God’s invisible: see Romans 1:20.
It’s a world where a loving, powerful: see Psalm 145:13; Romans 8:28.
Fearfully and wonderfully made: Psalm 139:14.
We live and move and have our being: Acts 17:28.
We know and love God by learning: see John 15:9-11.
We rule, for better or worse: see Genesis 1:28.
We’re on a quest to learn how: see Matthew 6:10, 33.
The choices we make lead us: see Deuteronomy 30:15-16.
Which Scripture calls sin: see Romans 3:23.
We’ve become alienated from God: see Colossians 1:21.
Anger, jealousy, fear: see Colossians 1:13.
God is continually inviting us: see Romans 2:4.
Jesus Christ is the clearest revelation: see Hebrews 1:3.
As a gift to us, God makes the way: see Ephesians 2:8-9.
We learn to become all that we: see Luke 14:27.
God doesn’t live in buildings: see Acts 17:24.
These commandments I give you: Deuteronomy 6:6-7.
Jesus once said, “Everyone who hears”: Matthew 7:24.
Jesus told a story about a feast: see Luke 14:12-14.
We take steps to live out the teachings of Jesus and the Scriptures together: For more about this approach to learning and spiritual formation, see Mark’s book, Practicing the Way of Jesus: Life Together in the Kingdom of Love (Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 2011).
How very good and pleasant: Psalm 133:1-2 NRSV.
Do to others as you would: Luke 6:31.
Love the Lord God with all: Luke 10:27.
You shall not commit adultery: Exodus 20:14.
You shall not covet became: Exodus 20:17.
Rejoice with those who rejoice: Romans 12:15.
Live in harmony with one another: Romans 12:16.
Seek reconciliation with those: see Matthew 5:23-24.
When someone wrongs you: see Matthew 18:15.
Relentlessly forgive one another: see Matthew 18:21-22.
Research suggests that we remember negative comments and events far more clearly: Alina Tugend, “Praise Is Fleeting, but Brickbats We Recall,” The New York Times, March 23, 2012, www.nytimes.com/2012/03/24/your-money/why-people-remember-negative-events-more-than-positive-ones.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0.
We need a source of love: see John 15:1-17.
Blessed are the peacemakers: Matthew 5:9.
Continue to work out your salvation: Philippians 2:12-13.
I urge you . . . in view of God’s: Romans 12:1-2.
Train yourself to be godly: 1 Timothy 4:7.
Do not let sin reign in your mortal: Romans 6:12-13.
Like plants in a garden, we are made: see Luke 8:4-15.
What’s important is: see Colossians 3:15.
It’s estimated that one in three girls: The National Child Traumatic Stress Network, “Child Sexual Abuse Fact Sheet,” April 2009, http://nctsn.org/nctsn_assets/pdfs/caring/ChildSexualAbuseFactSheet.pdf.
The average size of a breakfast bagel: US Department of Health and Human Services, We Can!: Ways to Enhance Children’s Activity & Nutrition, “Parent Tips: Portion Size Matters,” 2013, www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/wecan/downloads/tip-portion-size.pdf; and Margot Adler, “Behind the Ever-Expanding American Dream House,” All Things Considered, July 4, 2006, www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5525283.
The seed that fell among thorns: Luke 8:14.
A person’s “life does not consist”: Luke 12:15.
“Do not worry, saying”: Matthew 6:31, 33 NKJV.
Jesus invited his followers to sell: Luke 12:33.
If we have food and clothing: 1 Timothy 6:8.
Whether well fed or hungry: Philippians 4:12.
Most essential to life is our connection: see Romans 8:39.
Learning to be conscious and intentional: see Matthew 6:10-11.
If you currently don’t have a spending plan: For more help with finances and budgeting, see chap. 5 of our book Free: Spending Your Time and Money on What Matters Most (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2013).
One billion of our brothers and sisters live on less than a dollar a day: United Nations, Resources for Speaker on Global Issues, “Hunger,” 2010, www.un.org/en/globalissues/briefingpapers/food/vitalstats.shtml.
The top 20 percent of income earners: Anup Shah, “Consumption and Consumerism,” Global Issues, January 5, 2014, www.globalissues.org/issue/235/consumption-and-consumerism.
If every person used resources like the average American: Global Footprint Network, “Footprint Basics,” February 27, 2015, www.footprintnetwork.org/en/index.php/GFN/page/footprint_basics_overview/.
Average American consumes 195 pounds of meat each year: United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Fact Book, chap. 2, “Profiling Food Consumption in America,” 2000, 15, www.usda.gov/factbook/chapter2.pdf.
Close to half the grain grown: “Food Choices and the Planet,” Earthsave, www.earthsave.org/environment.htm.
18 percent of human-generated greenhouse gases: Bryan Walsh, “The Triple Whopper Environmental Impact of Global Meat Production,” Time, Dec. 16, 2103, http://science.time.com/2013/12/16/the-triple-whopper-environmental-impact-of-global-meat-production/.
God created human beings: Genesis 1:27-28, The Message.
We’re learning to be good stewards: see Ephesians 2:10.
To be of use in the world: For more about this approach to learning and spiritual formation, see Mark’s book, Practicing the Way of Jesus: Life Together in the Kingdom of Love (Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 2011).
Only 50 percent of college students: Susan Adams, “Half of College Grads Are Working Jobs That Don’t Require a Degree,” Forbes, May 28, 2013, www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2013/05/28/half-of-college-grads-are-working-jobs-that-dont-require-a-degree.
Yes, Papa, but aren’t we called: see Jeremiah 22:16.
Come to me, all you who are weary: Matthew 11:28-30.
Lord, you have been our dwelling place: Psalm 90: 1-6; 12-17.
My heart is not proud: Psalm 131:1-2.
The story of the prodigal son: see Luke 15:11-32.
Jesus calms the storm: see Mark 4:35-41.
The feeding of the five thousand: see Matthew 14:13-21.
Love must be sincere: Romans 12:9-21.
You have searched me, LORD: Psalm 139:1-18, 23-24.
Now to [God] who is able: Ephesians 3:20-21.
Then Jesus said to his disciples: Luke 12:22-34.
When the Son of Man comes: Matthew 25:31-40.