Download or read book Listening to Children on the Spiritual Journey written by Catherine Stonehouse and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do children experience and understand God? How can adults help children grow their life of faith? Throughout more than a decade of field research, children's spirituality experts Catherine Stonehouse and Scottie May listened to children talk about their relationships with God, observed children and their parents in learning and worship settings, and interviewed adults about their childhood faith experiences. This accessibly written book weaves together their findings to offer a glimpse of the spiritual responsiveness and potential of children. Through case studies, it provides insight into children's perceptions of God and how they process their faith. In addition, the book suggests how parents, teachers, and ministry leaders can more effectively relate to and work with children and pre-adolescents to nurture their faith, offering a helpful picture of adults and children on the spiritual journey together.
Download or read book Nurturing the Spirit written by Aline D. Wolf and published by . This book was released on 2017-03-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Helping Our Children Grow in Faith written by Robert J. Keeley and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children have serious faith questions that require serious answers, answers that adults often find themselves under-prepared to give. But the Christian community has a responsibility to help its children develop a three-dimensional faith--a faith that affects their heads, their hearts, and their spirits. Helping Our Children Grow in Faith is designed for children's ministry and worship leaders, Sunday school teachers, and pastors--as well as parents--who want to nurture the spiritual development of the children in their lives. It shows how to integrate children into congregational worship, how to teach them the Bible but leave room for the mystery of God, and how to distinguish the difference between faith development and moral development.
Download or read book Raising Spiritual Children Cultivating a Revelatory Life written by Patricia Mapes and published by Orbital Book Group. This book was released on 2009-10 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raising Spiritual Children is a practical resource for parents who want to raise their children to be whole, healthy, and capable of using their spiritual gifts with wisdom. What does it mean to have spiritual gifting? How can we help our spiritually gifted children's stay on the right path? What do our children's dreams mean? This book answers these questions and many more. Book jacket.
Download or read book Children s Books that Nurture the Spirit written by Louise Margaret Granahan and published by Wood Lake Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2003 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children develop in so many ways - physically, intellectually, socially and spiritually. Story is just one of the ways to foster and support a child's faith development. They can find role models in the positive characters in literature, and develop empathy for others when they see a different point of view presented. Children's Books that Nurture the Spirit is an introduction to quality children's literature for spiritual development. The most current and readily available children's literature is reviewed by the author. In addition, Granahan suggests ways for leaders to use and extend the literature.
Download or read book Children s Spirituality written by Rebecca Nye and published by Canterbury Press. This book was released on 2014-08-04 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to the increasingly popular topic of children's spirituality, showing how choices made in churches and homes can stimulate or stifle a child's spiritual development. Suitable for anyone who works with children.
Download or read book Let the Fire Burn written by Vince Gowmon and published by Vince Gowmon. This book was released on 2014-10-24 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Let the Fire Burn Nurturing the Creative Spirit of Children is an animated and poetic journey into the creative fire of children, and how to fan its flames. Every child is born with the fullest of creative potential, but due to social conditioning they lose touch with it, and consequently, with their power to create a life of meaning and purpose. Children are here to help us birth a new world, one that is full of joy and imagination. And we as adults have an important role to play in this. In this fun and inspiring Children's Book for Adults, learn the many colorful and engaging ways you can support children to feel and express their creative spirit. Gain a better appreciation for how they are our wise teachers, inviting our own inner child and creative fire to come out and play.
Download or read book Raising Faith Filled Kids written by Tom McGrath and published by Loyola Press. This book was released on 2009-04-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Family life is a spiritual path Is your family calendar so jammed that there’s never enough time to “be spiritual”? Maybe you need to think about spirituality in a new way. Author, editor, and speaker Tom McGrath shows how the hectic and ordinary moments of family life offer endless opportunities to live more deeply. This book is full of stories and ideas for parents who care about their children’s souls. McGrath suggests how we can foster a healthy spirituality in our children—while tending to our own spirits as well. He presents many useful lessons and practical strategies for passing on religious heritage, including: • Introducing children to sacred time • Examining the image of God we actively (or passively) present to our children • Fostering empathy to build our children’s moral character • Learning to pray creatively as a family • Developing spiritual disciplines as parents • Cultivating a spirit of forgiveness in the home “If you ever wanted to be a great and inspiring parent, this book gives you the tools to learn how.” —Mark Victor Hansen, co-creator, #1 New York Times best-selling series Chicken Soup for the Soul
Download or read book Nurture Your Spirits written by Hua Ching Ni and published by Sevenstar Communications. This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master Ni presents the truth about spirits taken from his own personal experiences. What do Mantras, past lives, soul parties, ogres, channelling, spirits and ghosts have in common? What are their differences? Master Ni says that the truth can help us nurture our own personal spirits, the foundation of our being. Fascinating yet serious reading. Open your mind to consider a different reality in the spiritual realm.
Download or read book 99 Ways to Raise Spiritually Healthy Children written by Kathleen Long Bostrom and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2010-11-29 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bostrom, author of the popular books 99 Things to Do Between Here and Heaven and Making Space for the Spirit, offers fun, practical, and thought provoking ideas for nurturing the spiritual lives of children, parents, and families. Each of the 99 entries includes a Scripture passage, a theoretical or practical suggestion for weaving together faith and daily life, and a provocative challenge that encourages readers to spend some time contemplating the lessons learned.
Download or read book Schools with Spirit written by Linda Lantieri and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2002-08-16 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Schools with Spirit, fourteen respected educators ask whether schools can nurture the inner life of students without violating the beliefs of families or the separation of church and state. For anyone who is concerned for the inner lives of our children, Schools with Spirit inspires, through deeply moving stories, about everything from the first tentative steps toward fostering emotional growth in our children to the bold movement of welcoming the spiritual dimension in our schools.
Download or read book The Spiritual Child written by Dr. Lisa Miller and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Spiritual Child, psychologist Lisa Miller presents the next big idea in psychology: the science and the power of spirituality. She explains the clear, scientific link between spirituality and health and shows that children who have a positive, active relationship to spirituality: * are 40% less likely to use and abuse substances * are 60% less likely to be depressed as teenagers * are 80% less likely to have dangerous or unprotected sex * have significantly more positive markers for thriving including an increased sense of meaning and purpose, and high levels of academic success. Combining cutting-edge research with broad anecdotal evidence from her work as a clinical psychologist to illustrate just how invaluable spirituality is to a child's mental and physical health, Miller translates these findings into practical advice for parents, giving them concrete ways to develop and encourage their children's—as well as their own—well-being. In this provocative, conversation-starting book, Dr. Miller presents us with a pioneering new way to think about parenting our modern youth.
Download or read book Nurturing Spirituality in Children written by Peggy Joy Jenkins and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-06-30 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The greatest gifts that a child can receive are an opened mind, a caring heart, and ignited creativity. This fully expanded, illustrated edition of Nurturing Spirituality in Children includes sixty-two simple and thought-provoking lessons that can be shared with children in less than ten minutes each. The lessons are easy to prepare and understand; they use commonly available materials and complement a wide variety of religious perspectives. Children who develop a healthy balance of mind and spirit are better able to respond to life's challenges when given the tools to think and discover for themselves. Dr. Jenkins gives scores of age-appropriate activities that help children learn empathy, trust, forgiveness, growth, and inner peace.
Download or read book God s Paintbrush written by Sandy Eisenberg Sasso and published by Jewish Lights Publishing. This book was released on 1992 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children speak about God in ways that are different from adults. They ask many questions about God, questions that can be startlingly direct. Oftentimes adults-parents, grandparents, and teachers-feel uncomfortable answering them. Through fantasy, involvement, and the imagination, Sandy Sasso and Annette Compton invite children of all faiths and backgrounds to encounter God openly through moments in their own lives-and help the adults who love them to be a part of that encounter. This book provides a gift of images that nurtures and encourages children in making meaning of their world. With over 100,000 copies in print, God's Paintbrush remains one of the most popular spiritual books for children of all faiths, all backgrounds. This special anniversary edition includes new ideas for interaction between adults and children, and an important new message from the author.
Download or read book Childfaith written by Donald Ratcliff and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Don and Brenda Ratcliff write out of their extensive study of child development, research, Scripture, and reflections on their experiences as parents. They examine many aspects of parenting with the desire that parents and their children will `discover the riches of fully knowing God and God's love for them.'"---Catherine Stonehouse Asbury Theological Seminary --
Download or read book Spiritual Nurturing for Intuitive Children written by Michelle Henderson and published by Michelle Henderson LLC. This book was released on 2022-01-07 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you are a psychic, medium, or spiritual coach, you have certainly come across families that were blessed with intuitive children. Wanting to work with these families, their children, guiding them through the challenges that they need to overcome to embrace and enhance such psychic abilities, is no easy task. In Spiritual Nurturing for Intuitive Children, Michelle Henderson offers guidance to all sorts of healers on how to provide parents the tools and knowledge it requires to fully integrate psychic children to their families. With over thirty years of experience working with children as an M. Ed, Michelle presents the foundation of her work and believes that "Looking at the world through a child's eyes" is important. Children come into this world with a fresh perspective-they are as spiritual as anyone can be. Just as a seed planted in rich soil will grow into a beautiful flower, a child will grow strong in an environment that has the essentials they need to survive (such as food, water, shelter, and air). But with just the essentials, will a child's spiritual growth increase as well? Children need physical and spiritual nurturing, and this book is about providing spiritual nourishment to children. Parents, society, and communities can influence a child's spiritual growth, and everyone who walks a spiritual path from an early age will find their true purpose in life. With practical exercises, offering insight to assist you in educating parents about elements of spirituality that will help every child fulfill his or her spiritual journey in all phases of their lives, Spiritual Nurturing for Intuitive Children covers important topics as: Why parent training? Accepting and welcoming the intuitive child Encouraging the powerful role of parents Navigating the challenges of raising psychic children Fully integrating the family Supporting spiritually evolved children in different life stages Celebrating spiritual growth What if, instead of discouraging children's spiritual growth, parents could be educated about the spiritual world? Embrace the love, forgiveness, faith, and non-judgmental behavioral strategies to nourish the intuitive side of children and their families. Our world needs our children to understand what true love and acceptance really is.
Download or read book Spiritual Conversations with Children written by Lacy Finn Borgo and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2020-03-10 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We are born into this world with a natural longing to connect to God and other human beings. When children have a listening companion who hears, acknowledges, and encourages their early experiences with God, it creates a spiritual footprint that shapes their lives. How can we increase our capacity to engage children in spiritual conversations? In this book Lacy Finn Borgo draws on her own experience of practicing spiritual direction with children. She offers an overview of childhood spiritual formation and introduces key skills for engaging conversation—posture, power, and patterns—from a Christ-centered perspective. "When we are fully present and open to another, we will be changed," Borgo writes. "Indeed, as you listen to God with a child, the child will lead you into a fuller experience of God's love and acceptance." In this book you'll find: Sample interactive dialogues with children Ideas for engaging children with play, art, and movement Prayers to use together Whether you are a parent or grandparent, pastor or spiritual director, you will find this to be a friendly guide into deeper ways of listening.
