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A personal deep dive

Discover who you've always been

Tap. Write. Keep.

The family assessment looks at your home. This goes one level deeper, to you: what you treasure, what you've been given, and your part in what your family is building.

One person at a time, in your own words. Mostly taps. At the end, a page you keep.

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Your answers stay in this browser. Nothing is sent anywhere, and there's no account.

A woman at a kitchen table in morning light reads a single printed page in both hands, smiling, with a mug and a pen beside her.

A sample

What I treasure most

Courage · Love

Ring II

Who I am in my family

Your place, what you bring, and what they'd miss.

Three small next steps

  1. One thing for myself, this month.Read before bed, phone in the kitchen.
  2. One thing in my family, this week.A walk with each child, one at a time.
  3. One small act of my part.Cook Sunday dinner.

Before anything else: you are a child of God. Everything that follows is about what He has already put in you, the family He's put you in, and what you're building together.

The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God.

Romans 8:16

Three rings, from the inside out

Tap a ring to see where it goes. Each can be finished on its own: the first is never earned, and the others rest on it.

  1. A man in a flannel shirt sits on a weathered porch step at sunrise, a notebook on his knee and a mug of coffee beside him, looking out over misty mountains.

    Ring I

    Who I am

    Who am I, as a child of God?

    You leave with
    What you treasure, the gifts you've been given, one growing edge, and a first word on your calling.
    Speaks most to
    Formation: Is each person growing in capability, responsibility and care for others?
    Start this ring
  2. A mother lies back on a sofa laughing with a boy and a girl curled up against her.

    Ring II

    Who I am in my family

    What is my place, and what would they miss without me?

    You leave with
    Your place among your people, what you bring that's a little different, and what they'd miss.
    Speaks most to
    Connection: Are people known, loved, secure and meaningfully connected?
    Start this ring
  3. A family of five plants a young tree in their backyard at golden hour: the father steadies the trunk, a teenager digs, a girl pats the soil and a boy and his mother water it.

    Ring III

    Where I fit our vision

    Where does my part show up in what we're building?

    You leave with
    A line on your part in each thing your family is building, and three small next steps.
    Speaks most to
    Culture: Do you share a vision, and the rhythms and rituals that carry it forward?
    Start this ring

How it goes

Tap. Write. Keep.

See it before you begin.

  1. Tap.

    Every step opens with choices. Tap what's most like you, and each answer holds up a mirror: a hint, never a label.

  2. Write.

    Then a few words of your own, a line at a time: three moments, what your two values mean, what they'd miss.

  3. Keep.

    At the end, a page in your own words, under each ring and between two verses. Print it, keep it, come back in a season.

The values step

Values are mined, not made up

They aren't who you hope to be someday. They're who you already are, and they show in what has already happened. Five steps take you from a few memories to two words you can build a life on.

  1. Mine

    Three moments: your happiest, your proudest, and when it all felt right.

  2. Spot

    Tap every value you can see in them, from thirty-six in six groups.

  3. Keep six

    The real choosing. If it's hard, that's a good sign.

  4. Your two

    The two that are most truly you. The other four stay as support.

  5. Define and design

    Say what each means, when it was true, and one way to build it into your home.

The thirty-six, in six groups

  • Well-being

    A life that's whole and steady

    Health
    Caring for the body you've been given
    Abundance
    Enough, and enough to share
    Vitality
    Energy for the day and the people in it
    Peace
    A quiet heart, and a calm home
    Comfort
    A place where people can rest
    Order
    Things in their place, so life can flow

  • Contribution

    What you give to the people around you

    Responsibility
    Doing what's yours to do, without being asked
    Teamwork
    Pulling together, not alone
    Fairness
    Everyone gets a fair turn
    Service
    Quietly meeting someone's need
    Meaning
    Work and days that count for something
    Leadership
    Going first, and taking others with you

  • Beyond yourself

    What lifts your eyes higher

    Beauty
    Noticing what's lovely, and making more of it
    Hope
    Trusting that good is still coming
    Trust in God
    Leaning on Him, in the big things and the small
    Gratitude
    Seeing the gift in what you already have
    Humor
    Laughing easily, and at yourself first
    Wisdom
    Knowing what matters, and acting on it

  • Being yourself

    How you think, choose and make

    Creativity
    Making something that wasn't there before
    Freedom to choose
    Room to decide your own way
    Authenticity
    Being the same person everywhere
    Love of learning
    Always a little more to find out
    Thinking for yourself
    Weighing it up, not just going along
    Curiosity
    Asking why, and wanting to know

  • Character

    Who you are when it's hard

    Perseverance
    Keeping on when you'd rather stop
    Self-discipline
    Doing the right thing before you feel like it
    Courage
    Doing what's right while you're afraid
    Growth
    A little better than last year
    Achievement
    Finishing what you set out to do
    Excellence
    Doing it well, because it's worth doing well

  • Love for people

    How you are with others

    Friendship
    Being the friend you'd want to have
    Love
    Wanting the best for someone, and showing it
    Kindness
    Gentle with people, especially when it's hard
    Presence
    All there, phone down, really listening
    Adventure
    Trying new things, together
    Fun
    Making room to play and laugh

And if yours isn't here, add it.

The path underneath

Five questions worth answering by the time you're grown

Five plain questions run under the whole journey. Nothing grades them. They're the kind you come back to all your life.

  1. Who is God to me?
  2. Who am I?
  3. Who are my people?
  4. What am I building?
  5. Who am I becoming capable of loving?

Side by side

The assessment looks at your home. This looks at you.

The family assessment

Fifteen statements about your home, across Connection, Formation and Culture. A place to start, and a week of small practice.

ConnectionFormationCulture

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Who you've always been

Nothing to rate and nothing scored. Short questions about what's already in you, ending in a page in your own words.

Who I amWho I am in my familyWhere I fit our vision

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A family is made of persons. When each one knows what they carry, the home grows stronger from the inside.

How it's kept

  • Tap before you type

    Every step opens with choices. The writing comes when you're ready.

  • A hint, not a label

    Nothing tells you what type you are. Your taps hold up a mirror; you decide if it's you.

  • Your place is given

    You belong to your family because you're in it. What you bring is a gift, never the price.

  • Never scored

    No scores, no bars, no comparing, and never a score on what you believe.

  • Stays on this device

    Kept in this browser, sent nowhere. Print it, or start over, whenever you like.

  • At your own pace

    A few minutes at a time. It saves as you go and picks up where you left off.

A father and his teenage daughter sit side by side on porch steps at golden hour, each writing in a notebook and laughing together, mountains behind them.

With your spouse, or your teenagers

Each of you takes it alone, on your own device. Afterwards, read each other's pages if you both choose to. Nothing compares you.

For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Matthew 6:21
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