Sharing faith

‘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 …

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 …

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…

“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. …

For us, family life in lockdown has led to a passion for rescuing wood from skips and growing veggies. When your son runs in from a walk exclaiming excitedly, “Mum, we found a new skip and the man said we could have his pallets” and your daughter prays, “Lord, keep the slugs off th…

John, Paul, George and Ringo. Their names belong together, and as an honorary Scouser – having lived off Penny Lane as a student and now living round the corner from Strawberry Fields - those 4 men made their mark on our city, our nation and our history as their combined talents made them glob…

The film, “Love Actually” got it wrong. If you want to see love, don’t go to Heathrow Airport, head to Piccadilly Circus. There in the middle of the bright lights, confused tourists and big buses is the statue of Eros. Except it isn’t. The statue is actually of Anteros, the b…

As I walked my daughter to school the other day, I could see that something was bothering her. “What’s the matter?” I asked. She shook her head. I came up with some guesses, “Is it something someone has said? Are you worried about your work? Have you forgotten something?&rdqu…