Category: Kids + Parenting

How to Talk to Your Kids About Jesus’ Death at Easter

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By Editorial Team

Around Easter every year, we start to think about how we’re going to talk to our kids about Jesus’ death – which is a pretty tricky topic for little kids! Most people like to skirt the topic. I get it. It’s not an easy one. Who wants to talk to kids about torture? About archaic […]

An Interview with the Creators of The Dead Sea Squirrels (Mike Nawrocki and Steve Taylor)

By Jessica Wolstenholm

What’s it like to make an animated kids show like The Dead Sea Squirrels? Keep reading for an exclusive interview with the creative team behind this brand new series full of epic adventures and solid Bible truth! Mike, The Dead Sea Squirrels is such a fun idea for a kids show. How did you land […]

Teaching Kids the Bible Through Stories: The Dead Sea Squirrels and Minno

By Jessica Wolstenholm

Wondering the most effective ways to teach the Bible to kids? Whether you are a parent or a children’s ministry leader, teaching kids the stories of the Bible can feel like a daunting task. Family Bible studies and curriculum can often be too complicated or involved. That’s where Minno can help—with shows like The Dead […]

How To Write A Family Mission Statement

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By Jessica Wolstenholm

In today’s culture, we’re all about sharing stories. We flock to social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram to tell our tale through daily photos and to watch the story of others’ lives unfold in our feed. The more we have access to the story of others, the more we wonder about our own. Comparison […]

The Light of Epiphany: Hope for the New Year

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By Jessica Wolstenholm

There’s a bright light shining through our front window. The curtains fell down one evening in December while my husband and I were watching TV. We heard a crash and rushed to the dining room to see our front window curtains on top of my buffet, the one filled with my china. Thankfully, nothing was […]

One Word For Kids: New Year, New Growth Goal

One Word for Kids

By Jessica Wolstenholm

I’ve never been much of a resolutions person. The few times I tried to start the year with specific promises to myself, I came up short by Valentine’s Day. In the past few years, though, I’ve found great success in goal-setting each month in small doses and choosing one word as a theme or banner […]