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Below are some starter ideas, resources and articles about doing faith at home with your family.
Duplo Prayer
A really simple way to pray without using words is to build a Duplo house and give it a title such as: The House of Peace. Invite people to choose a Duplo person to represent someone they know who needs...
Keep it close
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...
Don’t wait for perfect
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...
Pasta prayers for each other
Use different shaped pasta to pray! Take it in turns to talk about something which makes you afraid. They may be simple things like spiders or more personal things like getting lost or losing someone. Use the pasta to make...
Bible bingo
I'm always excited to work out a new fun way to explore the Bible and this is a good one! Simply choose 9+ words from a passage you want to explore - this game works well if you have six...
Discipling the disciplers
I’ve been reading gardening books in an attempt to keep more of my plants alive this year, and something which they all start with is soil care. I am not interested in soil care! I want to grow plants. Usually...
Review: Jesus and the Children
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...
Review: Jesus and the storm
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...
Review: A B C Prayers
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...
Review: Out of the shadows
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...
Review: Dangerous Journey
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...
Review – Welcome to the Journey
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...