Live courageously from your heart!
One of the foundational topics that’s shared on Heartstone Journey is fatherhood and being a dad. I was recently challenged by a friend on social media to take the “Do Dad’s Matter” challenge started by MochaDad. If there can be a viral outpouring for ALS, why not support of dads?
So, do dads Matter?
Have you seen this ad from General Mills promoting the New Peanut Butter Cheerios?
It’s so rare these days to see a commercial that’s positive, uplifting and promotes fatherhood. Glad to see that General Mills stood for pro-fatherhood and pro-family in this commercial because being a dad is AWESOME!
Men, how do you ‘dad’?
I love Luke’s telling of the story of the meet up with Jesus and Peter. As we step into the scene down by the Sea of Galilee, we find Jesus preaching in a boat and a band of fishermen tending to their nets. After a long night of fishing these guys’ were cleaning, stretching, drying, rolling up and storing their nets to get ready for another go round. While they were tending to their nets, removing the seaweed and other goodies dredged up from the water, they were listening to what Jesus had to say.
Standing in the boat belonging to Simon (Peter), Jesus asks him to put out a little from the land. Jesus continues teaching.
Peter is working and listening, working and listening.
When Jesus stops speaking, He said to Peter, “Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” Jesus basically says, “Hey Peter, let’s go fishing!”
How do you respond to a question like that?
What makes a child thrive? Trust and safety.
What makes relationships thrive? Trust and safety.
I could go on and on here.
Management theorist Simon Sinek tackles the question, “What makes a great leader?” In this TED video, he suggests that it’s someone who makes their employees feel secure, who draws staffers into a circle of trust.
We now live in an ‘on demand’ society and we get caught up in the jet stream of life. Even though we are connected more than ever as a global online community, we are now more dis-connected than ever from a relational perspective.
What has all this technology done to erode personal relationships? People-to-people interactions?
