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This has been a very hard year at my house. We have had to help our children through one family crisis after another. Lots of scary medical things have happened. It would have been easy for my children’s faith to become battered and torn. It truly has been a family crisis of epic…
Kids in the Word
Praying with Kids
Praying with your children is a powerful faith practice. Teaching children to nurture their relationship with God by continually being in conversation together is so very important. Figuring out how to do it, however, can sometimes be a challenge. Perhaps like many of you, prayer was part of my childhood rituals. Mealtime and bedtime prayers…
Seeds Family Worship: The Word of God
I love the Bible. I love music. And the two go together beautifully. A few years ago, I learned about Seeds Family Worship. We have a couple of their CDs and my boys love them. This is a big deal in our house because as much as I love music, my boys don’t like having…
10 Ways to Find Time With God
You want your kids to love the Lord and love His Word. We do too! That’s what Kids in the Word is all about, after all. However, we can’t teach our kids how to spend time with God if WE don’t spend time with God. Ouch, right? Do you have difficulty finding time to spend with God? Most…
A Pocketful of Thanks
On the heels of the fall season, an attitude of thanks begins to sweep America as we prepare for Thanksgiving Day and all the details and desires it may include. As a mother, I pray and search for ways I can better teach my sons how be grateful in general, but especially in November. We…