Raising Christian Kids
Parenting… and all its joy, difficulty, confusion, weirdness, and body fluids
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Yes. You are screwing up your kids.
Is the Bible Safe for Sunday School?
Christianity…particularly Protestant Christianity…and particularly Evangelical Christianity claims to take the Bible “seriously.” Yet, we seldom trust the text, particularly the harder passages, and particularly when our children are involved.
Celebrating a Badass Princess: Esther & the Feast of Purim
[Guest Post] A 10 Year old girl inhabits Esther’s story as we celebrate a two-day holiday dedicated to a girl whose courage and determination saved herself and her people.
Advent Rite & Prayers for Families Worshipping Together @ Home during Covid-19
Join our family with this prayer this Advent season, as we wait in the darkness, as we cry out for salvation, and as we continue in that certain hope that God will rend the heavens and come down among us.
Backstory Pt 3-of-3: Practicing Sabbath
My families’ journey to Practicing Sabbath… I watched as my daughter set the table and chose the nicest hand-painted plates. Upon finishing her work she smiled and said, “There, now we’re ready to welcome our special time.”
Backstory Pt 2-of-3: Remember the Sabbath Day, keep it holy…
My children dust, vacuum, clean the bathrooms, and do all the laundering every Friday morning just because they are so committed to PRACTICING SABBATH together. How did this happen?
It all began when my kids started discovered the 10 Commandments, or the 4th one at least.
Backstory Pt 1-of-3: Bats & the Bible (how our family started practicing Sabbath)
“You mean, if all those stupid people…had only…been smart and…listened to God….and done what the Bible said…then I wouldn’t have to stay home? Read the full story of my son discovering that bats aren’t kosher and how that is changing our family rhythms.
Focus on the Family or It Takes a Village? Raising Children to Follow Jesus
Francis Chan reportedly told listeners “I hear in a lot of churches they’ve got to meet together again because of our kids… if [the parents] are not equipped, then figure it out and man up.”
Nunc Dimittis (The Song of Simeon)
Simeon was born on February 2nd, 2014 and died 40 minutes later. My friends were very excited for his birth—they had both lost a parent earlier in...
Yes. You are screwing up your kids.
It’s an unavoidable fact of parenting. Whether you are an attachment parent, co-sleeping parent, a free-range parent, a helicopter parent, a...
Creation is Good (but my kid’s bible got it wrong!)
A few nights ago, I was reading a popular children’s Bible with my kids. We read through the creation story describing how God made the light,...
What stands in way of a transformative Christian faith?
In mid-May the Pew Research Center released the finding from its 2014 Religious Landscape Study. The results themselves were not surprising: fewer...
Sexy My Little Ponies & The Bible’s Silenced Women
As a little girl, I loved Strawberry Shortcake and My Little Ponies. My daughter has, somehow, developed a similar love thanks to the ubiquitous...
“Why can’t people wait for Christmas?”
While shopping today, my three-year-old pointed to a Christmas tree and asked, “why can’t people wait for Christmas”? She didn’t ask it critically...
What are you afraid of?
My nine-month old son has just started bawling hysterically whenever I leave the room. It starts when I place him in someone else’s arms: he begins...
“For thine is the story…”
My nearly three-year old daughter has a beautifully illustrated version of the Lord’s Prayer* that we read almost every night. She piously folds her...
Circumcision? Says Who?
Thinking of getting circumcised? Probably not....but how about getting your baby circumcised? A recent court decision may be relevant. A German...
TMI? Virginity and the Christian Witness
Did you hear Lolo Jones is a virgin? Scanning news headlines a couple weeks ago, I was surprised and somewhat bemused by the sudden obsession with...
Mothering, Blame & Control
Helicopter Parenting. Free-Range Parenting. Attachment Parenting. Natural Parenting. Feminist Parenting. I could list may more but the point...
Teaching our Daughters to Bear the Image of God
A recent New York Times piece, Cultural Studies: The Playground Gets Even Tougher, examines an increasing trend toward bullying among very...