RESOURCES FOR
Parenting in faith
Habits of the Household by Justin Whittle Earley
Discover simple habits and easy-to-implement daily rhythms that will help you find meaning beyond the chaos of family life as you create a home where kids and parents alike practice how to love God and each other.
Target group: Parents, Caregivers
Discipline that Connects with your Child’s Heart by Jim and Lynne Jackson
Learn practical ways to communicate messages of grace and truth, how to discipline in a way that motivates a child, and how to keep your relationship strong, not antagonistic. Discipline is more than just a short-term attempt to modify a child’s actions–it’s a long-term investment to help them build faith, wisdom, and character for life. Learn more about the many other resources offered by Connected Families here.
Target group: Parents, Caregivers, Ministry Leaders and Volunteers
Wake Up into My Love by Carson Leith (DRM)
Wake Up Into My Love, narrates the author’s journey of becoming a new dad through eleven vulnerable letters to his newborn son.
Target group: Fathers
Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life by Tish Harrison Warren
Framed around one typical day, this book explores life through the lens of liturgy―small practices and habits that form us. In each chapter, Tish Harrison Warren considers a common daily experience―making the bed, brushing her teeth, losing her keys. Drawing from the diversity of her life as a campus minister, Anglican priest, friend, wife, and mother, Warren opens up a practical theology of the everyday.
Target group: parents
Discipleship for Kids: Helping Children Grow in Christ by Rebecca Ruybalid Stone
Helping children discover the Christian life can feel daunting and overwhelming. How do we instill a lifelong love for Jesus, God, and the Bible? The good news is that we don’t have to have all the Bible knowledge in the world. Discipleship for Kids helps adults establish a strong faith foundation for the children in their lives. Parents or other faith-influencers learn along with kids, one story and step at a time.
Target group: kids and parents together
Pray and Ponder
Pray & Ponder was created for kids and the grownups who love them in order to make space — at home or on the road — so that we can practice listening attentively to God by reading his words to us from the Bible and by talking to him in prayer.
Target group: kids and families