Today’s culture is defined by amorality, dishonesty, and discontentment. As a Christian parent, you want your children to reject these norms in favor of values like integrity, wisdom, and forgiveness. But how can you train them to do this when you’re still falling short yourself?
Author, speaker, and Moms in Prayer podcast host Lee Nienhuis offers guidance to every parent seeking to raise Jesus-following kids.
Bio
Lee is a farmer’s wife (turned camp coordinator), and midwestern mama. She is the host of the Moms in Prayer Podcast and author of Counter Cultural Parenting: Building Character in a World of Compromise.
“Home needs to be a place where it’s okay to fail and come back again. Home is our laboratory.”
We’re talking about:
- Passing on Christian values in today’s world
- The Good Enough Christian Parent – What do parents do when we’ve never seen it done before?
- Amos 8:11-13
- When you weren’t raised in a Christian home
- 2 Chronicles 16:9
- Looking for our kids’ natural giftings
- Catching the moments for important conversations
- Where to start when we’re not sure:
- I don’t know how, but You do. Please help me
- Give me a love for your Word
- Give me a heart for prayer
QUOTES
“We’ve never lived in such a connected world. It can be really scary, but it can also be really pioneering.”
“The work of rebuilding our society starts in our own home.”
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