'Until I became a parent, I had no idea what a hard, labor-intensive, complex, rewarding, fun, exhausting and exhilarating skill it was to unfold a child into their full potential. I always knew I had good parents, but it wasn't until our first child was born that it dawned on me: I had some of the best. I quickly realized that if I could be half the father my dad was I would be a raging success, but that was no easy task! Within days of Jude's birth I found myself regularly calling mom or dad and asking a barrage of questions. Now as we enter the teenage years I have more questions than ever before. My parents don't have all the answers, but they have more than a little wisdom to pass on to a generation that is reeling from the dissolution of the family in Western culture, and the corresponding emotional, relational, and spiritual fallout. Our family has its fair share of dysfunction, as all families do, but to this day our entire family is following Jesus, and for my parents, that was always the number one goal. If you share that goal, I can't think of a better guide for the journey than this book. Read it!'

  -- John Mark Comer, Author