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Family Faith-Building: Teaching Kids about Discipleship

10 Oct

Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you ... View Post

Family Faith-Building: Teaching Kids about Prayer

8 Oct

My idea of prayer became completely turned upside down after our first miscarriage. When you believe with all your heart for something you know God has ordained for you to do and you have people proclaiming life over your body and the tiny person occupying it, only to lose that life. . .well, it'll ... View Post

How to Teach Kids about Salvation

6 Oct

Having grown up going to church from the ripe age of, well, birth, I have memories of being taught about salvation in Sunday school. These lessons often ended in a call to action for us to raise our hands if we wanted to "ask Jesus into our hearts." My hand shot up on more than one occasion for ... View Post

Family Faith-Building: Teaching Kids about Identity

2 Oct

Who am I? Who am I supposed to be? Why is the difference between who I am and who I want to be so great? These questions ache inside of me, sometimes they whisper, and sometimes they scream. The days that they scream, I am anxious. I worry. I doubt. Simple decisions seem overwhelming. I react ... View Post

31 Days of Family Faith-Building

30 Sep

I find I anticipate October like a child anticipates Christmas morning ever since we began participating in the 31 Days Writing series with The Nester. This year, as we continue to hear from God on what he wants for the community at Grace for Moms, we will be sharing what we are most ... View Post

Redefining the Role of the Church in Family Faith

29 Sep

Drive time is our best time to have conversations. Lately we've been listening to Seeds Family Worship after attending the God's Awesome Word tour a few weeks ago. At first I wasn't sure how my children, ages 6 and 3 would respond to the often complicated Word of God set directly to music. But they ... View Post