Professionals are telling us that family rhythms are missing in today’s households. What are family rhythms? Those things that your family does to build relationship, maintain consistent values and grow in family sharing and caring. 

Family rhythms cause us to connect with each member of the family. Everyone is important and everyone gets to be heard. Rhythms create space for valuing, teaching and training. Rhythms help create family culture, the ‘who’ we are as a family. 

What are family rhythms? Let me list a few:

• Having a meal or two together every day
• Taking a weekly family sabbath
• Establishing a game night
• Enjoying a BIG breakfast Saturday mornings
• Dating your children and your spouse
• Family worship
• Reading a book together that all can enjoy
• Quarterly get-aways for a day or overnight
• Weekly small group connections or youth group
• Family work time, e.g., cleaning the house or mowing the yard together
• Annual family vacations
• A monthly movie night with popcorn
• Celebrating birthdays wholeheartedly

Before we’re called to save the world we need to save our families, the God-created foundation of our world. What do you desire your children to say about their upbringing one day? Plant those seeds now in their lives. Give them every reason in the world to love their family and to make their friends jealous. 

Speaking of their friends. Our children often invited their friends on our family vacations. We loved that! It told us our kids thought enough of our family time together to invite their friends so they too could enjoy that time together. And enjoy those times we did.