In my day job I teach bible stories to 250 kids every week and after I tell a story to each group of twenty students we wonder about it together. I am continually amazed at how deep my students are willing to delve and what amazing insights they have to offer.
Good Book Club: A Beginning
Tonight one of my boys burst into tears just as I grabbed the bible to start our reading of Romans. He had just remembered that he lost his homework that is due tomorrow and half-way finished.* I took a deep breath. “We’ll find it buddy, it is time to read Romans now.”
The Good Book Club Grows in Us – Continued Family Connections
The Good Book Club helps us make connections with Scripture stories, our own stories, our family story, and with one another.
The Good Book Club with Teens – My Family Update
We are going too fast, with too many commitments, in too many places.
Scripture engagement with teens: subtle and not-so-subtle approaches
How is your scripture engagement going with your kids? How about you youth ministers and Sunday school teachers and leaders? Miriam McKenney continues to read the Bible with her kids at church, and we’re reaping what we’ve sown. The children are growing into the Word of God.
I love the Good Book Club!
We’re only two weeks into Lent but it seems like we’ve integrated a new habit into our lives.
Making Connections: The Good Book Club in Action
Sharing these stories and a time of wondering has led us to connect to the Scripture and one another in a new
way.
The Good Book Club with Teenagers (Part 4 of 4)
I’m committed to raising kids not just to go to church, but to understand they ARE the church. Luke and Acts tells exactly that story.
The Good Book Club with Kids: Setting Up for Success (Part 3 of 4)
I know that for my family to engage in a Lenten practice it needs to be simple and achievable.
The Good Book Club with Kids: Picking A Bible (Part 2 of 4)
I needed a Bible that is accessible for children but still has all of the text. So I did my favorite thing—research!