All Growing Faith articles
-
Article
Christian devotions at home for children with additional needs are hard but worth working at
Hands up if you feel pressured by your church to do family devotions every morning. In some areas of our wonderful church, we can be left feeling that having daily family devotions is compulsory and doing it in the morning brings extra holiness points.
-
Article
Parents are the key to bridging the gap between church and school
Ashley Nichols sees parents as playing a pivotal role in helping schools provide appropriate space and time for children and young people to consider the Christian faith.
-
-
Article
You’re not singing anymore… How 5 ways to keep Christian boys involved in musical worship.
Louise Irwin laments the way so many boys fail to engage in worship and urges the church to be more accommodating
-
Article
A tool to help your child ‘take captive every thought’ and walk in freedom with Christ
How do you combat troubling thoughts?
-
Article
‘What do you do?’ A Christian mum finds the question triggered more than she expected
How high do you place your role as a parent in your life?
-
Article
What were you thinking? How the Bible transforms your life and family
How conscious are you of how you think?
-
Article
Stories of helping grieving children and young people
In May 2021 I sat down at a picnic with church friends, as I looked across the circle to an older couple, I thought that he looked ill. Not just full-of-cold kind of ill, but he looked grey in the face, shocked and bewildered. He ...
-
Article
‘My family knew me as a New Ager. Now I am a Christian. Here’s how I share my faith with my kids’
Kate Orson suggests some simple and accessibly ways to make your faith known to your kids
-
-
Article
‘If you attend church with me, I will never ask you again!’: how my ‘last’ visit to church changed my life
Ever had an unexpected surprise at church?
-
Article
How curly hair got me thinking about faith at home
How do you ensure your faith prospers in the home?
-
Article
‘Yee-hah yellow car!’: how a simply car game led to a spiritual practice
Do you have a favourite car game?
-
Article
Why you need to practise mindfulness and meditation as a Christian parent
How much time in a week do you have for personal reflection?
-
Issues
When your children have different faith journeys
Did your siblings agree with you about faith?
-
Article
God is usually doing more behind our backs than in front of our faces!
Have you been surprised by something God was doing that you didn’t realise?
-
Article
Making the autumn term a great term
The nights may be drawing in, but Gareth Crispin believes we can lift the autumn gloom by valuing the month for what it gives us and our groups.
-
Article
Do you mentor your children? Here's why you should consider it
Was your childhood good, bad or ‘so-so’?
-
Article
How do I become a Christian? Answering the question every Christian parent wants to be asked
Where and when did you come to faith?
-
Article
The cheats way to grow faith at home this summer: 'read-alouds'
Were you a reader when you were yonger?