Welcome back to the weekly segment of the Elder’s Ledger. We took a little time to step back, regroup and think of how to proceed. We decided to revisit our Foundational Fundamentals. The Elder’s Ledger, Jacob’s Rite of Passage and DeeClare Publishing are all intertwined — pieces of a larger puzzle.
The Foundational Fundamentals that undergird all of these efforts are God, family and community. We realized that we attempted to provide information to build up a community, but without the fundamentals, maybe we pulled the cart before the horse, so to speak.
These Foundational Fundamentals were often a part of family discussions which took place around the dinner table. In this fast-paced, jet-setter, technological world, how many still sit together as a family to eat and discuss anything? Just as far away as we’ve gotten from such a basic, historical family practice, so is it with the priorities of God, family and community.
Sometimes in order to move forward, we must step back and reassess our motivations, our priorities, our principals. Before we ever went to school, or to church, home was the place where these fundamentals were displayed and taught, and we were held accountable.
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it… Proverbs 22:6
I reckon as we, in subsequent posts, expound upon each element of these fundamentals, that we seize the opportunity to regain our footing by reinserting those values, in stated order, and make them our priority. GOD . FAMILY . COMMUNITY — we are all accountable individually, for what we do singularly surely effects the whole.
Til next time…
Clarence Matthews
Elder's Ledger
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