5 things that help make a good Christian dad

There has been a lot of media interest in fatherhood recently - Gareth Crispin distils the lessons we can learn for Christian dads

There’s a lot of talk about dads at the moment. The recent boxing match between Eubank Jnr and Conor Benn resulted in a documentary about the Eubank’s: Like Father Like Son, but, in addition, last week saw the radio mini series Father Figuring by comedian Darren Harriott and also Radio 4s Moral Maze had a fascinating discussion on:  ‘What should we expect from a father?’

After watching and listening to all those here are five things I think Christian dads (and everyone else) should take away.

1. Be there

In Father Figuring there was a big focus on being there, especially for lads. A generation of lost boys, lads with no dads are struggling to know who they are or where they belong because they are not sure what it means to be a man - and one of the reasons is that their dad is not there.

On the programme Sonia Shaljean from the charity Lads Need Dads said that: “you can’t be what you ……