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My husband & I are pretty hapless when it comes to catchizing my kids. We have family prayers & Bible reading at breakfast & I& #39;m SUPER proud of us for that. But the best thing we& #39;ve ever done as a family was that...
My husband & I are pretty hapless when it comes to catchizing my kids. We have family prayers & Bible reading at breakfast & I& #39;m SUPER proud of us for that. But the best thing we& #39;ve ever done as a family was that...
We read through/listened to the entire Bible over the course of 5 years. We did 1 chapter/day, 5 days a week (essentially 5 chapters a week).
We& #39;d get behind & then have to catch up but it was great family project. We broke it down so we had goals for a year at a time. (NT one year, Penteteuch, the next, etc.) Each new year felt like fresh start.
We had the best & weirdest conversations about what we heard. (We often used audio Bible b/c mom & dad were just done by end of day when we remembered.)
The best part was that it was completely doable. Low expectations, simply, clear process. Sit & listen to one chapter of the Bible together.
It also didn& #39;t require that mom & dad be feeling "spiritual" all the time. We needed to hear the Scripture as much as our kids did. We weren& #39;t always leading them so much as coming with them together.
I was thinking about this today b/c I know how much parents want to pass along faith & how hard we try & how often we fail. And I just want to say, stick w/ the basics. Read the Bible w/ your kids. Take them to church. Pray w/ them. Live openly before them.
