LIVING
WITH DECADENCE

Topics: Christian Life; Example; Faith; Family; Neglect; Parenting; Regret

References: Deuteronomy 6:6–9; 1 Samuel 2:12–25; Matthew 18:5–6; Ephesians 6:4

Former Hollywood bad boy Martin Sheen says watching his son, Charlie Sheen, lead a similarly decadent life fills him with remorse. He worries that he learned to be a father too late. He particularly regrets his failure to share his faith. “I never lost my faith,” Sheen says. “But I felt for a time that I had outgrown the church. Now it is a bone of contention in my soul that I did not share my faith with my kids, as my parents did with me. It was a source of grace when I needed it. I have been greatly nurtured and inspired by my faith.”

—Electronic Telegraph interview with Martin Sheen