Why family matters.
I am utterly convinced that without strong family structures, any society will crumble and decay.
What makes for strong families is a debate that is often acrimonious, but always fascinating. My own family consists of a wife to whom I was married in 1971, three children, and ten grandchildren.
I consider myself to have been deeply blessed.
In this brief article, I am offering an ideal set of core values for any society – and a definition of good government.
Ever since I made my first pilgrimage in about 1989 to the grave of C. S. Lewis in the churchyard of Holy Trinity church in the outer Oxford suburb of Headington, I had been puzzled by the inscription on his gravestone: “Men must endure their going hence”.
I write from the perspective that everything that humans do is God's business. Writing poetry, running a multi-national business, kicking a football, having a prayer-meeting - all of it is open to God-talk. Everything may be touched with the holy and be better for it.
A Grounded Life? Why not an exciting life? Or a visionary life? Or an adventurous, fearless life? Or a loving life?
Because: Life that does not recognise that it is earth-based will not survive the tough times.