Missing Fathers…
“Millions of children do not know, and will never know what it means to have a father. More poignantly, they do not know anyone who has a father or is a father…
“It takes little imagination to begin to understand the intergenerational consequences of this situation. It is reasonable to ask whether, in all of human history, we have an instance of a large population in which the institution of the family disappeared. It is reasonable and ominous, for the answer is almost certainly no. There is no historical precedent supporting the hope that the family, once it has disappeared, can be reconstituted.”
-Richard John Neuhaus
Gosh. Gloomy but very thought provoking. Preaching on Luke 15 to our youth and have been thinking about ‘Fathers’ a lot. Timely quote. Thanks.
