When people think of your family, what images or emotions come to mind?  What is your family identity?  We are passing down attributes, habits, culture, and characteristics to the next generation.  What are you passing down?  If you haven’t considered it, then NOW is the time.  Being “liked” is not the ultimate winning scenario.  It is possible that you will not be liked by some when you live out the characteristics and moral values that are Biblical.  (I just used that title to get your attention.  So far so good. 🙂  I’m not sure if people like my family, but I love it!

WAKE UP CALL: Just because your family goes to church doesn’t mean that you are passing down Biblical values.

Another WAKE UP CALL: Your best intentions don’t work Biblical values into your posterity.

Your kids are only accepting and growing into the values that you live out before them.  We must be intentional about living the life.

I wrote a mini-book to help people work through these issues.  It is 4 short chapters with questions that guide a discussion with the rest of your family.  You can get it free by signing up for our newsletter.

Our Steele family has a strong heritage of hard workers and deep faith in Jesus.  We are determined to have this culture passed down to each subsequent generation.  Each of our families are intentional about creating a home culture that cultivates each person’s individuality while at the same time staying anchored to eternal, Biblical truths.

• Salvation – Jesus saves us and we want to participate in others finding Him.
• Forgiveness – We have been forgiven and willingly forgive everyone else.
• Love – We want to live out love in our neighborhood.  We want to participate in the resolution.
• Integrity – If we said it, we meant it.  We will follow up on it.
• Hard-Working – If you don’t work, you don’t eat.

One thing that we do each summer is host a summer camp for all the kids in our family that are 6-12 years of age.  The moms, dads, aunts, uncles, and grandparents all chip in and help lead the kids.  There is a whole lot of fun.  The strong prayer culture created by our grandmother is passed down.  Most of all, we live together for a week and share ourselves with each other.  Wow!  We host it at our family’s ranch in the Texas Hill Country.  A very rough, yet beautiful ranch with cows, creeks, and a lot of critters.

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For more pics, you can follow the Instagram hashtag: #steelefamilycamp14

Would you like to plan something like this Family Camp?  We can help you plan it!  email us: hey@mademeaningful.com