Vision Forum staff member Jordan Muela with brother and sisters at the 2006 Entrepreneurial Bootcamp

Happy is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in his ways. You shall eat the fruit of the labour of your hands; you shall be happy, and it shall go well with you. Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table. Thus shall the man be blessed who fears the Lord.

The event was marked by a spirit of hope and enthusiasm for the potential of the Christian family as it aspires to a Psalm 112, 127, and 128 vision of multi-generational faithfulness. In contrast to the neo-androgynous, hyper-individualistic, shortsighted, postmodern vision of the fragmented family, the Christian theory of entrepreneurship presented at the 2006 Entrepreneurial Bootcamp affirmed the practical wisdom of families honoring God’s principles of (1) division of labor; (2) hierarchy and jurisdiction; (3) generational planning; and (4) sanctions and privileges — as they apply to entrepreneurship. The relationship of children to the economy of the Christian household, and the practical and spiritual blessing of children as God’s reward to the righteous man, were important sub-themes in a conference that emphasized sound orthodoxy and wise orthopraxy.