Lead Them Home by Tom Guadagno. A father carrying a lantern walks two children home at dusk toward a lit farmhouse. Coming soon
The third book

Lead Them Home

A Father's Guide to Leading His Household to Christ

No crisis takes a household off course. Ordinary life does, an evening at a time. A father's account of losing family worship without ever deciding to, the weight of starting again, and the five minutes that rebuilt a home.

StatusIn progress
StructureFour parts
Written forThe father who wants to lead
About the book

It began in a living room with a family gathered in one place and no one actually present. No plan, no curriculum, no program. Just a father telling his household the truth: our house is in chaos, I cannot fix it, we need God's help. Then the smallest ask he could think of. A few minutes every evening. Will you do it with me?

Lead Them Home is written for the man who wants to lead and does not know where to start, or who started once and stopped. The Man You Are deals with the father he had, the shepherd he is called to be, and leading in love rather than by force. The Things You Do puts the Word, prayer, blessing, and daily rhythm within reach of an ordinary evening. When It Costs You does not flinch from failure, resistance, or the child who has walked away. The Long View looks past the years a father will never see.

Lead them home, faithful man. And then, when your stretch is run, hand them on.

Four parts

The man you are. The things you do. When it costs you. The long view.

Part one

The Man You Are

  1. The father he had
  2. The shepherd he is called to be
  3. Leading in love, not by force
Who is doing the leading
Part two

The Things You Do

  1. The Word
  2. Prayer
  3. Blessing
  4. Daily rhythm
Within reach of an ordinary evening
Part three

When It Costs You

  1. Failure
  2. Resistance
  3. The child who has walked away
It does not flinch
Part four

The Long View

  1. The years a father will never see
  2. Handing them on
When your stretch is run

Lead them home, faithful man. And then hand them on.

From the book