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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'm SUPER proud of us for that. But the best thing we'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'm SUPER proud of us for that. But the best thing we'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'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'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'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.
