It hinges on a hyphen
'I do, at the moment, have a way of holding myself together. It hinges on a hyphen.'
Let me be honest with you: I don’t want my kids to be evangelical Christians when they grow up.
It was only recently, in one of those rare moments of fatherly self-awareness, that I realized this. My teens are clearly not following my route into the Christian faith. Shouldn’t I be concerned about this?
I decided to be honest with myself: I wasn’t.
Being a parent means seeing our most closely held beliefs—even ones we’re not entirely aware we hold—played out in front of us in our day-to-day decisions while taking care of those we love most.
