‘My family knew me as a New Ager. Now I am a Christian. Here’s how I share my faith with my kids’

t can sometimes feel as if the Christian world is full of families whose children have been raised in the faith since they were young. But what if you become a believer later in life when you have older children? How can you introduce the concept of God if you’ve been previously atheist or held other spiritual beliefs? How can you undo everything you’ve told them about religion and spirituality?

Maybe if you’re in the same situation you sometimes feel a sense of anxiety, and regret, that it’s too late, that it’s impossible when you have already sowed the seeds of unbelief or other belief systems. As someone who came to faith only two years ago with a ten-year-old daughter, this is a matter that is close to my heart.

 Here is what I’ve learnt so far from my own experience and that of Christian parents around me.