Title: Cecil and Psalm 23 Author: Andrew McDonough RRP: £5.99 (paperback) Published by: Malcolm Down Discount for you: Two Lost Sheep books for £10 using the code LS5 Perfect for: children age 2-10 years old, perfect for a bedtime story or story anytime! Best bit: Bible text illustrated line by line with simple, fun but theologically […]
Title: What is God like? Author: Rachel Held Evans and Matthew Paul Turner RRP: £15.99 (hardback book) Published by: Random House Available from: Book Depository for £11.54 Perfect for: curious children age 3 to 10 years old wanting to discuss this big question, and parents wanting to give answers which inspire awe, wonder and a desire to […]
The Bible is full of wonderful verses to help us life our lives with God. As a child I learned loads of verses in Sunday School, acquiring a massive collection of stickers and little cards with yet more Bible verses on as my prizes. We even did Scripture Exams! Although I loved them, I was […]
There’s nothing quite like family worship, is there? Or is it just a bad word in your home? Many psalms start with the words: A Psalm of David, and the word ‘psalm’ is a translation of the Hebrew word ‘mizmor’, meaning a poem set to notes (ie a song!). It comes from the root word […]
Title: Roots at home Price: free until July 2021, then £3/m Published by: ROOTS | Worship and learning for the whole Church (rootsontheweb.com) Perfect for: families looking a weekly Bible focus with activities in step with the Lectionary Best bit: Good variety of activities, with QR codes to link to online videos Worst bit: the design is a […]
I love having opportunities for an open-ended, self-chosen response to a Bible passage or story. It’s a great way to give each other space to develop our own relationship with God in line with the type of person he’s made us. If you spend time at a beach or play park with sand, you could […]
Each week, on a Friday just as we start our Shabbat dinner, we take it in turns to wash our hands as a symbol of our hearts being washed clean. We say words from Psalm 24:3-4: “Who can go up to the temple on the mountain of the Lord? Who can stand in his […]
Outside our back door is a table and chairs where I’m aiming to eat as many meals as possible this summer. Next to the table is a big pot with salad leaves in it. I’ve found that, while my children in general avoid green food (except peas and olives!), they are much more interested in […]
This week I was re-filling my flour jar, and I found a bag of wholemeal flour at the back of my cupboard. It’s bag which I drove across town to get from a friend last March when flour was really hard to get hold of! Was it just me that got flour crazy? Anyway, because […]
Title: The Lion Storyteller Book of Family Values By: Bob Hartman and Krisztina Kallai Nagy Price: £14.99 Published by: Lion Children’s Perfect for: families looking for a low-key devotional to do with their children age 3-8 years Best bit: Bob Hartman’s story telling is, as always, excellent, while the addition of ideas for acting or […]
