Helping Kids See God With Photography

Helping Kids See God With Photography - Parenting Like HannahDigital photography is amazing! Even though I’m not a great photographer, digital technology lets me play around with taking pictures without spending a fortune on developing photos. It’s also a wonderful tool for helping teach kids how to see God.

Children tend to be rather literal for quite a few years of their development. It can be difficult for them to understand concepts like God, who they can’t physically see. It’s an important part of their faith development though, to teach them how to see God without actually seeing Him.

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Postage Stamp Gardens for Serving With Kids

Postage Stamp Gardens for Serving With Kids - Parenting Like HannahGardens are one of the best tools for teaching kids about God. The plants themselves hold lessons from Proverbs, parables and other places in scripture. Working in the garden can help kids practice lots of godly characteristics from patience to “working as if working for the Lord.” The resulting produce can be used to serve others in lots of ways.

In today’s world, gardening is an art many people don’t learn as a child. You may live in an area where you have very little yard or no yard at all. Going online for the answers to your gardening questions can become overwhelming.

I was excited when I was given an opportunity to review a new book The Postage Stamp Vegetable Garden: Grow Tons of Organic Vegetables in Tiny Spaces and Containers by Karen Newcomb. Even though I was raised with a very large one half acre garden in our yard, much has been forgotten over the years of living in inner cities and suburbs. This book fills in any gaps for those who have forgotten things and has everything a true beginner will need to know to succeed.

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Teaching Christian Kids to Ask for Help

Teaching Christian Kids to Ask for Help - Parenting Like HannahIn the last post, we talked about the importance of teaching your children to obey Jeremiah 6:16. There is one last little part to that verse we didn’t discuss though.

“But you said, ‘We will not walk in it.’” (Jeremiah 6:16 NIV) Those Israelites were stubborn people! Unfortunately, so are we and our children. Choosing not to heed this verse caused the Jewish people a host of extremely negative consequences.

Had they only asked for God’s advice on how to live their lives or heeded the advice He had already given them, things would have been so different. In fact throughout the history of Israel, there were several times the people got into a world of trouble because they forgot to ask God’s advice before making some important choices.

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Teaching Christian Kids to Take the Easy Path

Teaching Christian Kids to Take the Easy Path- Parenting Like HannahBet you are wondering what in the world I am thinking. Everyone knows the Christian life is really hard. And in some ways, I guess it is. You may not get to be quite as popular, because you opt not to do everything everyone else is doing. You may struggle not to sin. You may even be persecuted in mild or even painfully, fatal ways.

There is another side to the Christian life people rarely discuss. It’s really a shame, because it is one of the biggest earthly benefits of living a Christian lifestyle. Our adult Bible class teacher reminded of this verse on Sunday.

“This is what the Lord says:“Stand at the crossroads and look;ask for the ancient paths,ask where the good way is, and walk in it,and you will find rest for your souls.” (Jeremiah 6:16 NIV)

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Christian Kids and “The Talk”

CHristian Kids and the Talk - Parenting Like HannahWhenever I ask parents about parenting concerns they wish Parenting Like Hannah would address, one of the most frequent answers is the topic of sex education. Whether it’s what to tell their children, how to help them avoid temptation or how to help them make wise choices and understand the consequences of ungodly ones, sex is a scary topic for most parents. Especially Christian parents.

You see as Christian parents, we have to tell our kids God doesn’t want them doing all of those things their friends are doing. We have to help them understand the ultimate, fulfilling sex act – sex within the boundaries of marriage.

Most parents chicken out entirely. Of, they may be able to choke out the scientific basics and even throw a few Bible verses at their kids. Often though, “the talk” comes too late and doesn’t contain all of the information our kids need to make wise choices.

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