Category: Bible + Faith

Walk Your Family Through The Bible: The Book Of Acts

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By Jessica Wolstenholm

 How can we encourage our children to share the good news of Jesus’ love and power with the world around them? Back to school is in full swing in our community. We’re officially sending our kiddos out into the world daily to learn and hopefully love and serve those they encounter. Whether we send our […]

Walk Your Family Through The Bible: The Gospels

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By Jessica Wolstenholm

How can we connect all we’ve learned through the Old Testament to the Good News of Jesus for our kids? I think my kiddos did a happy dance when I told them we were starting the New Testament this month and learning about Jesus. Though we enjoyed our walk through the Old Testament, it doesn’t […]

Pour Yourself Out: 4 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Volunteering

By Jessica Wolstenholm

What does it look like to be the hands and feet of Jesus today? What are appropriate ways for children to start serving their community? How can you serve together as a family? These are some questions I’ve journeyed with the past two years. In this 2015 blog series, Raising Micah 6:8 Kids, we’ll follow […]

Choosing Structure As Freedom: Reflections on Lent

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By Christine Bailey

Lent. It’s the season of giving up, sacrificing, preparing. During “Lententide,” we turn our eyes and our hearts more fully towards Christ and the cross in anticipation of Easter Sunday coming soon. Growing up Southern Baptist, my family didn’t celebrate Lent – it was something my Catholic friends in my small New Jersey hometown mentioned […]

How Do You Integrate Faith and Learning?

By Jessica Wolstenholm

This year, we’re rounding up some of our favorite bloggers to get their thoughts on faith and family. We asked them:  How do you make the Bible part of your kids’ learning, regardless of what type of school they attend?  Leah of As We Walk Along the Road We do a daily devotion time together […]

How to Talk to Your Kids About Heaven

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By Editorial Team

The film release of Heaven Is For Real brings the best-selling book about a boy who visited Heaven to life on the big screen–and into the mainstream. Whether of not they see the movie, chances are your kids have some questions about Heaven. Talking about Heaven is a two-sided coin. The old saying goes, everybody […]

How to Teach Revelation to Kids: Revelation Video Series with Phil Vischer

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By Jessica Wolstenholm

  Teaching the book of Revelation to kids may seem like a daunting task, but VeggieTales(r) and What’s in the Bible? creator Phil Vischer offers some great ideas in this short video about his approach to Revelation in Volume 13 of the Buck Denver Asks(r) … What’s in the Bible? series. Volume 13: God’s Kingdom […]

Understanding the Holy Days: Rosh Hashanah

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By Minno

Have you ever wondered about the Holy days (holidays) that are written about in Scripture? For many of us who call ourselves Christians, we seldom think about biblical holidays as anything more than a Judaic tradition. But these specific days were actually ordained by God. They focus on His loving kindness, mercy and grace. Each […]

What does it mean that Jesus is the Good News?

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By Jessica Wolstenholm

Buck Denver Asks … What’s in the Bible? Volume 10: Jesus is the Good News! [Matthew, Mark, Luke & John] releases on February 26, 2013. We asked creator Phil Vischer “What do you hope families take away from Volume 10?” Watch his answer. “I hope families take away from this DVD a new understanding of […]