In the big game of life, what really matters? I find myself asking that question more and more these days. The blessing and curse of surviving a life-threatening disease is that it causes you to lift up the floorboards of your soul and examine the priorities of your life. What really matters in the light of eternity?

Lost golf balls don’t matter to me any more — Lost people do. Church conferences don’t matter much to me anymore. Local churches where God and people make a connection do matter. Family status will not matter in the light of eternity. Family faith will make all the difference.

Today I would like to talk pragmatically about the faith of our families. On what do you and your family set your hearts and shape your life? What is the overarching, integrating, grounding faith that …