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If you’re here, you’re probably a parent, carer, grandparent or children’s worker who just wants to do your best for the kids in your care.
That’s Amazing! God really, really loves children and so do we. So let us support you. Each month we feature a parent, an expert or an author who has something to help you disciple your children and lead them to Jesus.
God has Feelings, Just Like Us
by Celeste Majcher, Author.
Do you know how hard it is to be a Christian and suffer from depression?
The entire world tells you that your faith should be enough, that God should heal you and that feeling depressed is ungodly.
In fact, any kind of negative feelings are often characterised as unchristian. Anger? Anxiety? Fear? Jealousy? Sadness? All wrong according to the worldly expectations of our faith.
Preparing our Kids – and Ourselves - for The Social Media World
by Becky Sedgewick, Parenting for Faith
For most of us, our journey of parenthood starts with a tiny person handed to us. And our instinct is to protect them, keep them close and keep them safe from everything.
But we can’t do that. So what we do is to start to equip them to manage being out there in the world. How do we prepare our children when it comes to social media.
God Chooses
by Carol Barwick, trustee for Ruach Resources
What did you have for breakfast this morning?
What made you choose it?
Did you have to have it?
Did you know that God has a choice?
Think about it, in the beginning there was nothing. No things. And God chose for that to change! God wanted things to exist, to be. He wanted animals and trees and houses and people
Tips for Intentional Parenting and Screen Time
by Alice Deanie, Mum, retired nurse and Head of Togetherness at Around The Box
There is a place and time for everything, but what does that look like as a busy mum to four in a new season?! I love the passage in Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, as it empowers me to have healthy boundaries and recognise that my life goes through seasons. I can rest in knowing God is in control, to lean into the season and to discern the leading of the Holy Spirit.
From One Grandad to Another: Showing the Heart of Father God to his Grandchildren
by Chris Spicer, dad, grandad, international speaker and author
Anyone who knows me knows my love of movies. Some of my personal favourites are those starring the late, great acting career of the Robin Williams. Films like Dead Poets Society (1989), Hook (1991), Patch Adams (1996) and August Rush (2007) to name but a few. Then there is our all-time family favourite, Mrs. Doubtfire (1993).
Can my child find Jesus in a video game?
by Jorge Herrera from Discover God Video Games
I often have parents come up to me and ask me about the value of video games to Christian parents. After all, who wants their child to find Jesus in a video game? Children already spend a lot of time on parents' phones or their own tablets so we want our children to use that time wisely, not spent on mindless entertainment. Thankfully…
What does God look like?
by Joanne Gilchrist, writer and founder of Ruach Resources
The other night, I’m helping my 5 year old to brush her teeth and she asks ‘Does God have teeth, Mum?’
“What do you think, sweetheart?” I reply, intrigued.
“I think He does.” She says, matter-of-factly. Then she spits, rinses and goes off to her bedroom.
But since no one has actually ever seen God (it says so in the Bible, John 1:18) how would you answer that question?
Yes, God is Bigger than the really, really, big Universe
by Joanne Gilchrist, writer and founder of Ruach Resources
The discovery that more galaxies exist than we have ever imagined or known about before has confirmed to some philosophers that there is no is God – that the vastness of creation could not possibly have a creator ….
If God is Real, Why Can't I See God?
by Joanne Gilchrist, writer and founder of Ruach Resources
Why does the app God for Kids choose to begin the description of God with God is Invisible, God Feels, God Thinks, God Chooses, God is Good and God is Love? Are they the most important characteristics of God? Not necessarily. Are they the most fun or the most interesting? Possibly. Was I stuck for ideas? Definitely not!
What does it mean to be born again?
by Joanne Gilchrist, writer and founder of Ruach Resources
Should we impose limits on our kids screen time this summer? How and what kind?
Here’s a few ideas for you to pick and choose from.
5 Tips for Managing Kids’ Screen Time
by Joanne Gilchrist, writer and founder of Ruach Resources
Some apps are educational, some apps are just for fun and some apps are simply there to make money. Which are which? We have been downloading, testing and playing Christian kids apps since 2015 so here’s some facts (with a bit of opinion!) to help you decide which apps to download for your family:
3 ideas to Pray with your Child, Toddler and Baby - in Rhyme!
by Joanne Gilchrist, writer and founder of Ruach Resources
ABCs, a nature trail and Baby Massage Blessing: 3 ideas to pray together to communicate and connect with each other and with your heavenly Father.