“No other success can compensate for failure in the home.” – J. E. McCulloch
The Home Council is a daily devotional, intended to be held as a family. It is a time for parents to teach children, and to review everyone’s day. Is is a character school, helping to train up families and children with strong morals through scripture, poetry, and quotes.
The home council was created by and laid out by J. E. McCullough in 1924 in his book, “Home: The Savior of Civilization.”
Largely forgotten now, this website endevors to bring this book back into the public mind.
Why?
Families are important. The home is the best place for a child to establish core beliefs of what is right and wrong. As homes fail, society’s ills increase manyfold.
The life of Christ is the perfect place to learn to love God above all else, and love thy neighbor as thyself.
All families are different, with different needs and different schedules. This website and podcast are to be a resource in individuals’ and families’ lives, helping in some small way to strengthen homes.
Home: The Savior of Civilization
McCullogh’s book is split into three sections:
- The Home Council: This section describes the importance of families and the concept of having a regular meeting as a family, to discuss important matters. He calls this meeting, “The Home Council.”
- The Daily Readings: Short readings that can be discussed as a family. This is the bulk and the meat of the book. These readings include scriptures that trace the life and teachings of Jesus Christ, thought-provoking poetry, and inspiring quotes.
- Additional Resources: Various ideas and itineraries to help along with family life.
This Website’s Plan
This website will republish “Home: The Savior of Civilization”, freely accessible to anyone who may find it useful. I will provide the daily readings as a blog/podcast. I will eventually provide an easily readable ebook version, and when I’m finally done correcting all of the OCRed texts from original scans, I’ll make a well-formatted physical copy available as well.
The podcast’s first episode will be the longest, as it will be a reading of the entire “Part 1” of the book. After that, it will be the readings from the book, released on the day noted in the book, starting on Christmas Day.
After the first year and all the readings are released, well, we’ll see. I may leave it alone, I may just start again at the beginning. I have some ideas, but I may the only person who is interested in a book and program like this.