Why Christian parents should slow down and savour childhood

Ali Campbell thinks that Grace Pouch’s Savouring Childhood gives Christian families great practical wisdom and faith-filled encouragement to resist the rush and rediscover joy in the slow moments

When I google John Mark Comer’s book, The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry, what pops up on my screen is ”As Fast as Next-Day with Prime”. I don’t need to wait very long to read a book about slowing down.

Savouring Childhood helps us to see that we can set a pace for our children that is slower, more intentional, more lifegiving

It’s indicative of the world we inhabit where everything is immediate, whether that is binging a whole TV series on the day it is released or the fact that animated summer blockbusters are two a penny and are thrown at us all year round. The challenge, when we are parents, is ……