Title: Cecil and Psalm 23 Author: Andrew McDonough RRP: £5.99 (paperback) Published by: Malcolm Down 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 packed pictures of Cecil Worst bit: Only Psalm 23? I’d love for there … 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
There are many great benefits to reading a big chunk of the Bible all in one go. We see many themes better when viewing a story from a distance, and see how the characters and plot of one story fit into The Big Story of the Bible. It helps us not to take one verse … Read more
Title: Go Colour: The Lord’s Prayer* Author: Youth For Christ (with thanks to Sarah Joy, Tom Spicer and Jo Squires and Steve Squires) Price: £4.99 (or £11.99 for the pack of 3 books) Published by and available from: YFC *This is part of a series, including Go Colour Psalms and Go Colour Prayer Good for: … Read more
If you have looked at reading the Easter story together as a family, you may have noticed that it’s a LOT longer than the Christmas story! One easy way to take in the whole Easter story in one or only a few episodes is to listen to it! There are loads of great audio Bibles … 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
I vividly remember the first time I started to understand what it meant to ‘dwell in the secret place’. I was drinking coffee with Sarah her kitchen while her three children played in the room next door. As we were chatting, Starzie, her three year old ran into the room and grabbed my arm, saying, … Read more
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 … Read more
Each year we indulge in the lovely part of the Passover meal where an adult hides the afikomen, the broken middle matzah (which represents the lamb killed at Passover) and the children have to hunt for it. When they return, they get a prize. To help the dynamics of the hunt, I’ve used colour spot … Read more
A nibble can be just right whether it is faith at home or snacks. I am totally in love with my mini muffin tin. Actually, It’s not a tin—it’s a silicon mold. I use it to make all sorts of things—cakes and frittatas—not just muffins! I held off buying one for ages, because I thought, … Read more
I’m doing the Easter day intergenerational service at our church this year and am focusing on the Emmaus Road story (Luke 24:13-35). I really like it this resurrection story for a few reasons: 1 It includes a mini recap of Jesus’ life and death (v19-24), giving context to the story which is helpful when reading … Read more