MP 039: Family Board Meeting
Messy Family Podcast : Catholic Conversations on Marriage and Family
Mike and Alicia Hernon : Catholic Marriage Parent and Family
4.9 • 841 Ratings
🗓️ 16 December 2015
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
"Failing to plan is planning to fail." – Ben Franklin
Your family is your own little corporation and you are president of the board. Well, maybe not exactly, but you and your spouse are the partners in running your home, and how can you do that effectively without a plan? Once a year, it's a good idea to get away, dream a little, and make a plan. A Family Board Meeting isn't about success or failure; it's about being unified as a couple in your vision and goals for your family.
"Do or do not… there is no try." - Yoda
Show Notes:
• Three Questions for a Frantic Family by Patrick Lencioni
• Beginner's Guide to Goal Setting from Michael Hyatt
• Family Mission and Vision article on the Art of Manliness
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to messy parenting, a Catholic conversation on marriage and family. I'm Mike Hernan. |
| 0:09.1 | Emily Shearnan. And we've been married for 21 years. And not only do we not claim to be experts, |
| 0:15.9 | we say there's danger and risks involved in parenting these days, but we're... |
| 0:21.1 | You should do it anyway. |
| 0:22.0 | That's right. |
| 0:22.5 | But it's worth it. |
| 0:23.3 | And our whole point of the podcast is to hopefully encourage more intentional parenting. |
| 0:29.4 | And share our experiences. |
| 0:30.9 | Shares from our ups and our downs. |
| 0:33.2 | We've got 10 children and we've seen quite a bit in the diversity of our family. |
| 0:39.1 | Yep. |
| 0:39.6 | But as we come to the end of a year, calendar year at least, you know, there's an idea of resolutions |
| 0:49.3 | and thinking forward about kind of goals and thinking about the new year. |
| 0:53.9 | And we were encouraged by some |
| 0:55.7 | wonderful people to do a podcast on a idea called the family board meeting that's right so |
| 1:03.6 | as we get ready to do this why don't you say a prayer and we'll get started okay in the father |
| 1:08.8 | and the son and the Holy Spirit, amen. |
| 1:17.7 | Lord Jesus Christ, we invite you into our time right now to be with us, to bless us. |
| 1:22.2 | May the words of our mouth, the meditations of our heart be pleasing in your sight, |
| 1:26.1 | and may all that we do advance your kingdom and bring you glory. |
| 1:29.6 | Bless our families, those that we love and care for. We ask all of this in your name. Amen. Amen. Amen. The Son, Holy Spirit. Amen. So this idea of a family |
| 1:38.4 | board meeting. That's right. And we have to admit that this, actually, that phrase, I think that phrase comes from |
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