Next week is Father's Day. What are you going to do special? Are you going to make him his favorite meal? Maybe let him have at the grill? Will you let him kick back and watch his favorite sports show while you pick up the chores he might usually do on the weekend?

Father's Day often means let dad take a break from everything.

Well, I'm going to propose that you break tradition this year. Sure, make the day special for him. But how about letting him do the best thing that a dad can do? Let him lead his family in the Lord.

Instead of "Father's Day," make it an "Our Father's Day." Most people know Luther's Small Catechism with its six parts, one of which is the Lord's Prayer. But to go along with it, Luther also wrote the Large Catechism. It covers the same topics, only more in depth. The purpose of the Large Catechism is to be a tool for a father to teach his family the basic truths of God's Word.

This Father's Day, I encourage all fathers to review the Large Catechism on the Lord's Prayer, and take time on Sunday to teach his family again what it means to pray "Our Father." It would be a fitting way to thank our Heavenly Father for the dads that he has given us along with all his other blessings.

Pastor Jansen