Making a Home for Faith: Nurturing the Spiritual Life of Your Children

By Elizabeth F. Caldwell

Book Overview

Parents today seem to be at a loss to know how to speak with their children about faith. They want to do something but fear doing theological damage, so they leave the teaching to the church. As a result, their children's knowledge and experience of faith are left to whatever religious education, worship, stewardship, and mission take place in their congregations. Even if these experiences outside the home are high-quality, they are not enough.Making A Home For Faith addresses the how-to's of being faithful parents who, in their words and actions, show what it means to live the Christian faith. Elizabeth Caldwell offers simple, straightforward, solid guidance to help parents monitor and nurture their children's faith development, respond to their children's questions, and present the best possible example of faithful living.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0829813705
• ISBN13: 9780829813708
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: United Church Pr
• Length: 118 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.5" x 5.0"

Customer Reviews

A "must have" for parenting

This is perhaps the best book I have seen for Christian parents who want to share their faith with their children. It is a "how to do it" manual that every family should have in their library!

good intro book for preschool parents

This book is a good intro book for parents who want to learn about raising their children spiritually. It combines theory, theology, and the practical. It is one of the more recent books on the subject. It is very broad in its audience, so would work for almost any faith. (Evangelical Christians have some better works to choose from.) There are discussion questions at the end of each chapter, so it is potentially good for a small group study. I would recommend this book to preschool parents more than elementary parents. But I would also stipulate that this book is only a starting point.

Every family needs this book!

This is a tremendous book for helping families learn how to teach faith within the home. The chapters guide the reader through ways each family can "make a home for faith" through nurturing the spiritual life of their children. The writing is clear and concise, and there are helpful resources listed in the book as well. A must-read for every family who takes their faith seriously!