When my son was almost eight, we posed a challenge to him of reading through the entire Bible one chapter at a time. He cruised through the first several books of the Old Testament quickly (even Leviticus!) in his Adventure Bible. Now at 9 1/2, he reads the NLT version each morning on his iPad. This is the same kid they told me might need to be ... Read More...
7 Keys To Effective Spiritual Training For Kids
We've all heard the famous Proverbs 22:6 verse, "Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it." But how, exactly, are we to train a child? Between laundry, cleaning, throwing dinners together, and keeping the kids from destroying the house and each other, training our children spiritually seems like an ... Read More...
Stop Relying on Church For Your Kids’ Spiritual Training
As Christian parents, I'm afraid we have been slowly outsourcing our roles as our children's primary influence. We now delegate them to the schools, the child psychologists, and yes, even to the church. For all the hours spent in Sunday school and youth groups growing up, how much understanding of the Christian faith do kids really have by the ... Read More...
6 Ways To Teach Your Child How To Pray
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8 Ways To Raise Spiritually Minded Kids
When I was pregnant with my first child, a popular song on the radio was Kenny Chesney's Don't Blink. In fact the morning I had the appointment to confirm my pregnancy, the nurse said, "Don't blink. Before you know it, your child will be this age," pointing to a picture of her two grown children. She was right. It seems like just yesterday we ... Read More...