A few months ago I preached at my church's South Campus in the middle of our series titled, "BaseCamp: Tools for the Journey." (see above for sermon audio) The topic I was given was "Family." Deuteronomy 6 offers the clearest and most explicit instruction to the nation of Israel in how the story of God is to propagate throughout the generations. It is known as the Shema and was a central element of every observant family within the people of Israel. The instruction from God is to continually tell the story of God's movement in his people as the animating story of their life. Because God understands our propensity for amnesia.