Re: Think Orange

Reading a book by Reggie Joiner called Think Orange.  It’s about the impact that church and family need to make on young people.  Interesting point he makes on page. 66-67 – Moses was talking to the Israelites in Deuteronomy 6, “Talk about them when you sit at home, and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.”

Joiner suggests that this should be the rhythm of our relationship with our families…

1.  “when you sit at home” = meal time

2.  “when you walk along the road” = drive time

3.   “when you lie down” = bed time

4.   “when you get up” = breakfast/beginning of the day

The jury is still out on this book, for me, but I do like this idea, that we create an intentional rhythm to our day, with our children.  Not a forced schedule or a passive happy-go-lucky “what will be will be”, but rather a routine that is intentional, that is designed to keep us in touch, to bring us into regular interaction with our family members, and to bring us regular opportunities to teach our children (and to be taught ourselves).

I like that.

Here’s a beauty of a chart that I copied from page 69…