‘Dad, don’t do a funny voice.’ That’s what one of my children sometimes says when I change my voice for the characters when reading a bedtime story. Perhaps I’m a bit silly and over the top when I do it. I’m trying to be fun but it doesn’t always work!
When …
During lockdown I was told that there are usually three stages to a crisis. I see these responses in the lives of the families I know, including my own.
1. Emergency response. The first weeks of lockdown. Hard work. Getting by. Running on adrenaline. Late nights. Early mornings. The crisis feels ver…
What is your greatest delight and satisfaction? Do your children know? Have they heard you delighting yourself in the LORD - giving voice to your heart’s greatest love through singing? Even if you can’t carry a tune, we as parents are called to model this area of our faith.
Did you know …
In the story of the Tower of Babel, we see people condemned to talk past each other, confuse each other and ultimately walk away from each other. Throughout the Bible, we see God slowly including people in his kingdom, with the coming of the Spirit at Pentecost bringing a new spirit of open communic…
The children are bickering, supper is burning, and your patience is thinning. How in the world do you bring prayer into this?
Prayer may be a parent’s most potent resource, yet also the most underutilised. We forget to pray. We overthink it. Perhaps prayer intimidates us because we feel we don…
I don’t want to take up your time. It’s the summer. Let’s make this quick!
Firstly, the essentials. Have you got a Bible in the house for each of your children? We recommend:
Under 5s: The Beginners Bible - it has stood the test of time, and apparently there are even some new pictures.
6-11s: The In…
How on earth do you teach your toddler about Jesus?
Chase them round the house reading from a story Bible?
Strap them in their highchair or car seat and open the ESV?
Wait until they’re a bit older and work it out then?
Nope! A quieter day isn’t coming, so set your stall out now! Sa…
We parents love displaying our kids' artwork. It doesn’t matter if the crayon-sketched house is lopsided or if Daddy’s eyes are slightly crossed, whatever our child has created prompts us to praise our child. Wow, we say, you made that!
So should be our response when we step outside: Wow…
“Do you remember when Mum made us walk until it was dark?!”
My children say this to one another with a shake of their heads and a knowing glance in my direction whenever I say, “It’s really not that far now!”
The mad year that is 2020 began for us in the Lake District. …
I’m finding these days bruising. Between my wife and I we have 8 days of work to squeeze into 5 days each week. We are sharing the time with our children, so that one works in (peaceful) isolation, while the other is a mixture of referee, teacher and bringer of light relief to our children. My…
