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Parent conversations: What if we can’t follow our Christmas traditions this year?

Post author:James Aderman, Laurie Gauger-Hested, Nicole Balza
Post published:2020/11/24
Post category:FIC Series Forward in Christ FIC Features Parent Conversations

For better or worse, Christmas is filled with traditions. Some of these traditions help celebrate Jesus’ birth—the Christmas Eve candlelight service or the children’s Christmas service, for example. Others may…

Parent conversations: What are ways to foster a rich prayer life in children?

Post author:Laura Schaefer, Jonathan Bourman, Nicole Balza
Post published:2020/10/28
Post category:FIC Series Forward in Christ FIC Features Parent Conversations

“Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus” (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18). It’s a familiar passage, and it’s also my…

Episode 33 – Teaching kids how money works

Post author:Linda Buxa
Post published:2019/12/30
Post category:FIC Series Parent Conversations Podcast

How can we help our kids to learn to manage the financial resources that God gives them? Linda Buxa shares her family’s approach—and how you can incorporate it in your…

Parent conversations: What does your family’s bedtime routine look like?

Post author:Emily Gresens Strey, Anna Geiger, Nicole Balza
Post published:2018/07/21
Post category:FIC Features Parent Conversations Forward in Christ FIC Series

I was considering titling this month’s column, “How can I get my kids to bed without screaming (me) and crying (them)?” but that wouldn’t fit in the title space. You…