To Know and To Love
To Know and To Love
AMBLESIDE SCHOOLS INTERNATIONAL
In the fifteenth chapter of his Gospel, Luke records one of the best known of Jesus’s parables, and there is perhaps no teaching more deserving of the attention of parents and teachers. In this parable we find three major players, each with a different orientation toward life.
The younger brother who seeks to ESCAPE and INDULGE
The older brother who seeks to PERFORM and CONTROL
The father who seeks TO KNOW and TO LOVE
Throughout history, humans have changed truths into lies. Spend ten minutes listening to modern media, you will certainly hear the cultural lies. You should have what you want. You should do what you want. You should be what you want. These lies are permeated through media, to our families. It is not surprising that like the younger brother, we find ourselves tempted to wander in a distant land where we might ESCAPE and INDULGE. The wandering man or woman, boy or girl is a minimalist when it comes to the habits of right thinking and right actions. They put forth little effort and long to be entertained, are quickly bored and impulsive in action, and sacrifice the good of others for self’s pleasure, remaining chronically dissatisfied.
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