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This has been a game-changer in our home! My 9-year-old daughter has struggled, particularly this year (no surprises there) to get to sleep, often spending a long time thinking of things, often anxiously. Last week, the excellent Lectio365 created by Pete Grieg and the 24/7Prayer team with CWR, launched Night Prayers. We started using it … Read more
Title: Jesus and the Children By: Andrew McDonough Price: £6.99 Published by and available from: Sarah Grace / Malcolm Down Good for: children age 0 – 11 Best bit: Jesus affirming his love of children And the child who arrives on a skate board! Worst bit: My children love it too much! Especially the skateboard, and … Read more
Title: Jesus and the storm By: Andrew McDonough Price: £6.99 Published by and available from: Sarah Grace / Malcolm Down Good for: children age 0 – 11 Best bit: Jesus saying: “Down, waves, down! Do not even wiggle!” And the suggestion to do some snoring practice on Cecil’s page at the back!! Worst bit: My children … Read more
Title: A B C Prayers By: Myriam Baudic, Camille Bernard Price: Hardback £6.99 Published by and available from: Lion Good for: children age 0 – 7 Best bit: Short, simple prayers with cute mice pictures! Worst bit: so many prayers!!! More thoughts: Once upon a time I wouldn’t have picked up this book, but the idea … Read more
Title: Out of the shadows By: Lisa Haskett Price:Hardback: £6.99 Published by and available from: Lisa’s website Good for: children age 7-11 Best bit: Lovely contemporary pictures with a great story about becoming confident Worst bit: There are a lot of words on each page, meaning that it will work better for children age 7+ although … Read more
Title: Dangerous Journey – The Story of Pilgrim’s Progress By: John Bunyan’s words selected by Oliver Hunkin, illustrated by Alan Parry Price:Hardback: £12.99 Published by and available from: Lion Good for: children age 7+ up to younger teens, plus adults wanting an abridged version (me!) Best bit: Cleverly edited words from the original story written by … Read more
Title: Welcome to the Journey By: Bob Hartman and Raffaella Ligi Price: Hardback: £9.99 Published by and available from: Lion Good for: godparents, grandparents, parents and adults with contact with young children being baptised. Best bit: Delightful repeated refrain: Welcome to the journey! Worst bit: The traditional Baptism-gift cover hides a much more vibrant book inside … Read more
In the run-up to Easter, there are always lots of questions about good Easter books for children, so here’s a list of my favourites. Each book has notes about what I like and what age I’d use them with. I hope it helps you choose the best Easter books for your family, and maybe even … Read more
We’re four weeks in to our six week experiment with an intergenerational small group on Zoom. (Read how it started here.) Last week, as I read part of the psalm, it had nice repeats in it which I thought lent itself to singing it (obviously, as it’s a psalm!), so we agreed that each family … Read more
Make a mini-prayer book from an A4 sheet of paper. It gives you seven small pages to draw or write your prayers. Inside this book it has these words on each page: Today is [space] Thank you God for [space) Please God [space] It is designed to give you a small space to write or … Read more
Sabbath starts in the evening. In Jewish tradition, all days start in the evening, because “there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.” (Genesis 1:4) This is marked with a ritual meal where candles are lit, hands are washed, bread and wine shared and blessings spoken before we tuck into our roast chicken. It’s not … Read more
Naomi Elliott is helping children play as a way of learning and growing in their faith. She’s passionate about open-ended play (where children are free to create their own rules and meaning) and using natural and easy-to-come-by items rather than expensive, bought items. In this post she shares about a Holy Week Box she’s created: I … Read more