The High Definition Family

Book excerpt: The High Definition Family isn't about being an ideal family, a perfect family, or even a good family, but about your family as you are now, on a journey with God reaching your highest potential. God wants you and your family to become all that it is created on Earth to do and be. The character of your family members will be continually shaped more like Jesus', you will contribute to others becoming more like Jesus, and donate love to a world that is hungry and thirsty for this kind of love. Your family's story will become part of God's story for the world. If you don't know what makes your family unique then you have no defined basis for making decisions and you become defined by the history of your own messy family and the messy world you live in. And that can be, well, messy. Because you and your family are unique, your journey with God is unique. Being on a high definition journey together, you'll have the tools you need to tune in your family's own unique vision and live it out. You'll have the tools you need to enjoy being together as a family, and to master household chores in such a way as to encourage leadership and teamwork as a family. You'll achieve greater freedom and clarity, and draw closer to each other, God, and those whom you encounter on your journey. For those of you with children, you'll find an easier and clearer parenting task. You will cultivate leadership in all family members, create an energized family culture, and realize family dreams. "Please hurry up and get the book done!" - D.D. Sayer Strauch serves as a pastor, writer, and speaker and lives in Vancouver, Washington, with his wife and three children.