12-16-21 This Week in Faith
/Christmas Gift Recommendations
As Christmas approaches, I wanted to take a minute to recommend some last minute Christmas presents. These are books and Bibles, divided by age groups, that would be great for helping the kids in your life get to know Jesus better over the coming year. Most of these are new books but there are some old ones sprinkled in.
YOUNGER KIDS
Very Best Bible Stories [these have been Randy’s favorite this year, they’re very interactive]
ELEMENTARY KIDS
The Radical Book for Kids [this is a fun one for kids to discover all kinds of things about the Bible, church history, and following Jesus]
The Wingfeather Saga [for older elementary and up]
MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Get Your Story Straight [devotional]
Best News Ever [devotional]
Between Us Girls and Between Us Guys [devotional to do together with your student]
PARENTS
Habits of the Household [this is our book for the Parent Book Club in the spring]
Grit [not a Christian book but a parenting book I read this year that is great]
Give them Grace and Answering Your Kids’ Toughest Questions [oldies but goodies if you’ve never read them]
***And if you are still looking for some more book recommendations, this is the Rooted podcast with their picks for book of the year in a number of categories, including books for teens and parents.
Click here to go to the list of recommendations and the podcast.
Christmas Movie Discussions
If your family is like ours, you are spending some time watching all the same Christmas movies you watched together last year [and the year before that :)]. One way to make the most of that time is to use movies as an open door into conversations with your kids. Below are a couple of articles that could help with those conversations around popular Christmas movies.
The Promise of the Gospel in The Grinch
Elf, Iran, and the Good News of Jesus
Just Drop the Blanket [A Charlie Brown Christmas]
