[PHONE RINGING]

Mike Gardner. Hi, Daddy. Hey. Katie Bug. Daddy, how many Internets are there? Uh, what? Annie said there's only one. Annie is, uh-- Mike?

Uh-- Meeting's about to start? Listen, I-- You have those updated charts? I've got to go, OK? Can we make brownies tonight? Yeah. Oh, no. No, I have rehearsal. Aw. Yeah. I'm sorry, bug. Love you. Bye.

Weren't you saying you needed to, uh, slim down for that play you're in? Hey, it's not my fault if Jen brings donuts to work. It would be rude not to have one. Everybody here? Good. Mike, why don't you kick things off? You have the charts? Um, uh, Tim? Weren't you supposed to do those? No. You were. Lisa! You already have those done, right? That was your job. Uh, Clark? Nope. But I thought-- Mike! What? What is the point of this meeting if we don't have the charts? Do you have them? It not my fault! Let's try this again tomorrow morning. I want everybody here at 7:00.

Mike, I don't care what it takes, but I want those charts ready before you leave today. But I have this rehearsal.

Late again, Mr. Gardner? It's not my fault! My boss made me stay late after work. He was being totally unreasonable. Tell me, Mr. Gardner, how are we supposed to rehearse for Henry V without Henry V? It's not my fault. Places, everyone. Where are we? Agincourt. King Henry is in disguise, trying to gauge the morale of the English troops. [CLEARING THROAT]

"Methinks I could not die anywhere so contented as in the king's company, his cause being just and his quarrel honorable." "That's more than we know." "If his cause be wrong, our obedience to the king wipes the crime of it out of us." "But if the cause be not good, the king himself have a heavy reckoning to make." "The king is not bound to answer the particular endings of his soldiers, for they purpose not their deaths when they purpose their services. Every subject's duty is the king's, but every subject's soul is his own." Stop! Mike, what is this scene about?

Think about this: King Henry is arguing that each of us has the principal decision-making role in our own life's drama. Thus-- The soldiers can act for themselves and accept the consequences. They are responsible for their own souls. Good. So tell me, Mike, who is accountable for your soul? for your actions? I am.

I am.

"The king is not bound to answer the particular endings of his subjects, for they purpose not their deaths when they purpose their services. Every subject's duty is the king's, but every subject's soul is his own." My actions are my own.

Hey, I'm home. Hey, Dad. Hi, Dad. Oh, hey. Hey. What are you two doing up? Guess what Katie did? What did Katie do? She got in a fight. What? Yeah. She punched a boy. It wasn't my fault. Girls, enough. Go to bed. But it wasn't my fault. Oh, OK, bug. Yeah, you just go to bed, like your mom said. You too. Go to bed. Go to bed. I'll come up in a second. Baby?

Late night. Yeah. You said rehearsal got done at 8:00. It's almost 10:00. Why didn't you call me? It wasn't my-- you're right. I'm sorry. I should have called you. I didn't call you. I am a terrible, terrible, terrible husband. So-- You are. Yes.

So what can I do to make it better? Uh, for starters, you can put him to bed. OK. I think I can manage that. And, uh--well, you can help me tackle this. That-- When things turn bad, there's a tendency to blame others or even God. In matters both temporal and spiritual, the opportunity to assume personal responsibility is a God-given gift, without which we cannot realize our full potential. My plea is simply to take responsibility and go to work so that there is something for God to help us with.