All Faith at home articles – Page 7
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Faith at homeIsaac’s story
Here is a story for you to tell at home, perhaps at bedtime or as part of a God-time during your day. You could also use this as part of a children’s session.
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Faith at homeSingle parent and proud
Anne Phipps explains why she thinks we need to shake off the negative stereotypes of single parenting and embrace its positives as well as the difficult bits
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Faith at homeForming faith rituals: Every day
For faith at home to work for me, it has to be part of my everyday life. We have special things we do at certain points each week and each year, but the reality of our faith really starts to change our lives when it’s part of what we do each day.
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Faith at homeTightropes & safety nets
Parenting can feel like something of a high-wire act, especially when it comes to discipline. Rachel Turner explores the balance between punishment, teaching our children consequences and giving them room to make mistakes
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Faith at homeStory for home: The good shepherd
Here is a story for you to tell at home, perhaps at bedtime or as part of a God-time during your day. Enjoy making the sound effects together! You could also use this as part of a children’s session.
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Faith at homeForming faith rituals: Even the very youngest
I never wanted to work with the under-5s. I preferred children who were toilet-trained, and could walk and talk. As a person who loves reading and writing, I found it hard to relate to these tiny bundles of mess who didn’t seem to have a handle on the basics of life.
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Story for home: Following Jesus together
Here is a story for you to tell at home, perhaps at bedtime or as part of a God-time during your day. Enjoy doing the actions together! Alternatively, you could also use this story in a children’s session.
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Faith at homeForming faith rituals: New year with God
New year isn’t necessarily a family event designed with younger children in mind. My youngest, currently four, has put in a request to stay up late this new year and watch the Bee Gees, which is what she considers to be ‘new year’. (Just to clarify, last year we watched a documentary about the Bee Gees with my other daughter as she loved the music, and it was safer than most stuff that was broadcast late on New Year’s Eve!)
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Faith at homeFostering Faith at Christmas
As it’s nearly Christmas, Alex Taylor looks at what we can do to help children celebrate this important festival in our homes
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Faith at homeFinding God through gaming
With around 32.4 million people in the UK playing video games, how can we engage our children and young people with this popular medium? Alastair Jones is on hand to help
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Faith at homeA story for home: Easter
Here is a story for you to tell at home, perhaps at bedtime or as part of a God-time during your day. You can break this story up and tell it verse by verse, or tell it all at once. You might want to tell it every so often over the next few months up to Easter-time, so that your children grow familiar with the Easter story. You could also use this in a children’s session.
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Faith at homeForming faith rituals: Christmas
Christmas is a great time to celebrate Jesus. However, it is also a very busy time, so how do we make sure we find the space to celebrate Jesus together as a family? I think we need to be intentional, get prepared in advance and keep it simple.
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A story for home: The storm at sea
Here is a story for you to tell at home, perhaps at bedtime or as part of a ‘God-time’ during your day. You can break this story up and tell it part by part, or tell it all at once. You could also use this story during a children’s session.
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Faith at homeForming faith rituals: Mini rituals adapted from Jewish ‘High Holy Days’
In our family, we celebrate Shabbat each week and Passover every year. So, I wanted to look at the Jewish ‘High Holy Days’, as they are known, to find some rituals we could use to enrich our faith at home. I’m not going to give an exhaustive overview here because you have Google too, but focus on what elements we can adapt and use.
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Faith at homeParenting in a world of screens
My alarm went off at 6.30am as usual, heralding a new day. I fumbled for the phone so I could swipe the screen; the slumber function would give me a welcome ten more minutes in bed before the day began. As well as waking me in the morning, my smartphone will be my trusted companion throughout the day.
