Archive — June, 2008

“I think one of the illusions of our culture is that freedom means no boundaries when actually the greatest freedom, the freedom that comes with responsibility and a sense of self-worth and those kinds of things, actually comes from living inside of God’s boundaries, inside of His fences, and so these boundaries that can seem so restrictive are ironically the way to the best freedom and creativity and relationships.” - James Lucas

…One of the questions I ask parents [is], ‘Are your children imperfect?’ And they always raise their hands, and my response is, ‘Welcome to God’s world of parenting, that’s where God is with us. We’ve very imperfect as well. He says that we’re just dust and ultimately you can’t expect too much from dust.’” - James Lucas

“I’ve seen parents say to their children, ‘What’s the matter with you?’ And I think if we can just remember…it’s the same thing that’s the matter with us. What’s the matter with them is fragile human nature and sin, that’s the same problem that we have and so, I think, when we approach our children, we need to say, I’m always going to have mercy in view, even when I’m distributing this justice, even when I’m carrying through this punishment.” - James Lucas