Tag: faith at home

  • Talking To Your (Small) Kids About Easter

    Talking To Your (Small) Kids About Easter

    Last year I blogged about this very thing. So here it is again with a few tweaks: How do we teach our children about the empty tomb without belittling it to spring-ish renewal and chocolate sugar highs? I think Easter is trickier than Christmas. Why? Because there’s murder, death and a corpse that starts breathing…

  • Raising Boys: What Makes Them Different and How We Can Help

    Raising Boys: What Makes Them Different and How We Can Help

    Boys are different from girls. I grew up as 1 of 3 boys. Now, I have a son. My friends have sons. And there are boys in my church. What makes boys different?  And how can we help them thrive? The Situation I’ve always known boys are different and need different things to excel. I’ve talked…

  • Helping Our Kids Have Faith

    Will our kids believe? Do they?  This is a big question.  Even before I had kids I was reading about our own homes being mission fields, especially in an age of scepticism. Faith is vital.  Many of us are passionate about cultivating faith in our children, especially in a faith-phobic time.  According to studies, religious experience/education…