On her blog, Amber Cox shares six things that she has learned from her dad, Mark Beeson, who is the senior pastor of Granger Community Church (Granger, IN). Here is a summary:

1. Just keep doing the next right thing.
   “I don’t have to worry about everything, I just need to focus on doing the next right thing, right now, in front of me in this very minute. Then, after that decision is made, I can move on to the next right thing.”
2. Attitude is everything.
3. Strive to live without regrets.
   “You’ll have some regrets, it’s inevitable, but you can strive to save yourself from regrets later if you think about consequences now. Ask yourself, ‘Will I regret this later?’”
4. Someone is always watching you, looking to you, modeling after you.
5. Have a friend, be a friend.
   “If I am friendly, people will want to be my friend. I found this to be true on many levels.”
6. People are idiots.
   “Generally, people (including myself) are idiots, and realizing that helps me to laugh often, to love extravagantly and forgive quickly.”

What is noteworthy about these six bits of wisdom is that these are the life lessons that particularly stood out to Mark Beeson’s daughter, which means that they are core, fundamental principles that he lived by as a father and as the pastor of what is considered by many to be one of the most innovative churches in America.