You Are Your Habits In Parenting and Politics with Justin Whitmel Earley
Your habits are either helping your life or hurting it. Are you intentional about them?
In this conversation, Patrick and Justin Whitmel Earley explore the role of discipleship and healthy spiritual practices in addressing problems and shaping personal and family life. It emphasizes the importance of forming habits to overcome fear and irritability in parenting and highlights the influence of parents' habits on their children. The impact of habits on political campaigns and the need to overcome discouragement in forming habits are also discussed. Patrick and Justin explore the...
Read MoreIn this conversation, Patrick and Justin Whitmel Earley explore the role of discipleship and healthy spiritual practices in addressing problems and shaping personal and family life. It emphasizes the importance of forming habits to overcome fear and irritability in parenting and highlights the influence of parents' habits on their children. The impact of habits on political campaigns and the need to overcome discouragement in forming habits are also discussed. Patrick and Justin explore the power of communal habits and the role they play in evangelism and shaping culture. They discuss the link between habits and culture, emphasizing the importance of formation over education. The concept of a rule of life is introduced as a practical way for individuals to shape and disciple themselves. The conversation concludes with a discussion on the significance of friendship in the context of loneliness and evangelism.
Takeaways
- Discipleship is the beginning of the answer to addressing problems and shaping personal and family life.
- Parents should prioritize discipleship to Jesus and focus on their own habits as a way to influence their children's spiritual formation.
- Fear can lead to controlling behavior in parenting, while love forms us into discipling or shepherding parents.
- Forming small habits can lead to significant changes in personal and family life, even amidst the messiness and chaos.
- Habits and presence have a greater impact on disrupting cultural moods than arguments and apologetics. Communal habits are essential for evangelism and shaping culture.
- Formation through habits is more impactful than education alone.
- Embracing a rule of life can help individuals shape and disciple themselves.
- Friendship plays a crucial role in combating loneliness and engaging in evangelism.
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Justin Whitmel Earley
Justin Whitmel Earley is a lawyer, author and speaker from Richmond, VA. He graduated from the...
Read MoreJustin Whitmel Earley is a lawyer, author and speaker from Richmond, VA. He graduated from the University of Virginia with a degree in English Literature before spending four years in Shanghai, China, as a missionary. Justin got his law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center and he now runs his own business law practice in Richmond, Virginia at Earley Legal Group.
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