The 10 Best Books About Heaven for Kids
I was a children’s ministry director for nearly 12 years and was asked several times to recommend books about heaven for kids who had experienced loss. What follows are the ones I recommended back then, plus a few newer books. Also, if your child is directly...
Helping Fellow Christians With Postnatal Depression
Almost all of us have a general idea of what to do when it comes to handling depression. You don’t have to be depressed to know how to support other people, and when a new baby is in the mix, depression can rear its ugly head very quickly. If you have someone in...
WHY DOES GOD LOVE YOU? (The fruit of Love lived out in everyday life)
The fruit of Spirit is love, but what does that mean for a child in everyday life? Read on to find out, as well as discover a family devotional book on the fruit of the Spirit. My son lay under a mound of blankets as I stretched out beside him. Every night I climbed...
3 Myths About Family Faith Formation (and How to Bust Them)
I gently placed the devotional book in the recycle bin, simultaneously feeling relieved and rebellious. Who was I to actually get rid of a devotional book? I must be a terrible Christian. And yet, the expectations the book placed on me felt insurmountable. I had been...
How To Explain the Holy Spirit To A Child
Inside: How to explain the Holy Spirit to a child through the Biblical narrative, as person of the Trinity, and through the works of the Holy Spirit. Both kids and adults ask questions like: Who IS the Holy Spirit? Why do we need the Holy Spirit? What does the Holy...