“The family was sacrificed for the "mission" without realizing that the mission, once you are married and have kids, I'd argue, is never solitary. God doesn't give individual missions to teams.... In any team, the members have different assignments. But all of it is under the umbrella.”
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Take Back Your Family: From the Tyrants of Burnout, Busyness, Individualism, and the Nuclear Ideal
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