Failure in the High Office

“Something’s gone wrong in the heartland. How are we to explain this rapid erosion of standards? How do we rationalize the breakdown of families, neighborhood on edge, street no longer safe…what has happened? With all my heart, I believe we can trace this disaster to failure in high office.

Yes, I am referring to the highest office in the land; and no, I do not mean the presidency of the country. Nor the presidency of any international conglomerate. Nor the chairman of the board. I believe the greatest position a man can hold is his office as head of the home. A man’s greatest title is not “Dr. So and So” or “Professor” or “General” or “Mr Vice President” or “Reverend”. The highest office in the land is not in the White House. It’s in your home.

In God’s economy, a man will never get any higher, never have any greater influence, never wield any greater power than he does as the head of his own home. To fail at home is to have failed everywhere.”
- Stu Weber (from The Four Pillars of a Man's Heart)