Faith in Kids

It’s that time of year again when the seasonal aisle in the supermarket is filled with fake cobwebs and pumpkin buckets and Christian parents everywhere wonder whether buying the spooky gingerbread cat is allowed. Let me share three view altering experiences and one Bible verse that I hope wil…

Full disclosure. I love Colin. He’s an easy man to like and has inspired me to do what I do now. Colin has given me wonderful advice as I’ve started my career writing and performing Christian kids' songs. We even use the same artist for our album covers. So, I may be a little biased here…

I like to think of books like meals. There is the ‘McDonald’s book’. It looks so enticing and you devour it in seconds, only to wonder if you’ve read anything of actual substance. There’s your ‘meat and two veg book’. It does the job. It fills you up without…

This one is for the teenagers. For their parents. For their youth groups. I remember, all those years ago, as a teenager at school being asked for my take on the Christian sexual ethic to not sleep with a partner before marriage. I totally fluffed it. The blood seemed to instantly drain from my bra…

Jelly Telly is a Children’s Christian media streaming provider. You might have to read that sentence a few times to understand what it means. Still not there? Let me explain. There is an app/website thingy where your children can go to watch high quality Christian shows with helpful, encouragi…

We are in Switzerland. First impressions? We have a few. Cows are disappointingly not purple. In fact, if you were to give me a bovine identity parade I would struggle to pick out the Swiss ones from a home reared Hereford, though the neck bells really are a thing, so audibly they’re instantly…

What links ham that’s been kept hanging in a dank cellar for years, sawdust on pasta and Italy’s second oldest University? Parma. In Italy. I remember a day trip there. City breaks with children feel like juggling with grenades in a crowded space. At any moment there will be an explosion…

I didn’t see it coming. We were driving past cows. I told the children that, as a boy, my family kept two cows. I said that each year they had calves. Then the question came from the back seat, “Where did the calves come from?” Silence. I realised what I had done. Mary and I kept o…

Do you know how eagles teach their young to fly? It’s a complicated process because flying isn’t a straightforward pastime! Eagles first demonstrate how to fly by hovering above their nest. Next they push their young out of the nest to experience free fall, only to rescue them before dea…

Diary of a disciple: Luke’s Story has been a huge hit with families. It is a retelling of Luke’s Gospel even more from Luke’s perspective than his Gospel, if that makes sense. It follows the well worn format of Tom Gates and Diary of a Wimpy Kid with every page full of pictures, qu…