Parenting in God's Family

Parenting is joyous, magical, tiresome, boring, impossibly stressful and complicated. When parenting as a Christian, the weight is made lighter by God’s wisdom and strength, and by the support of the body of Christ. With the big picture of eternity in view, we can rely on our Lord and our brothers and sisters who share our faith in him for support and direction.

Parenting in God’s Family contains reflections and advice by 16 authors from many different walks and stages of life, all seeking to encourage and equip parents with biblical wisdom and practical tips. It covers topics as diverse as sibling relationships, schooling choices and single parenting, as well as discipline, doubts and digital boundaries. Parenting in God’s Family is a Christian support that fathers and mothers can lean on as they seek to care for and guide their children—in line with God’s word—towards emotional, spiritual and physical health and maturity.

Produced by the Growing Faith community and filled with exclusive articles not available online, this book is an excellent companion that Christian parents will read and keep close at hand.

Contributions from:

• Kat Ashton Israel
• Ruth Baker
• Karen Beilharz
• Tim Beilharz
• Colin Buchanan
• Emily Cobb
• Harriet Connor
• Jim French
• Yixin Jiang Xu
• Wendy Lin
• Jocelyn Loane
• Jodie McIver
• Geoff Robson
• Daniel Sih
• Patricia Weerakoon and Kamal Weerakoon
• Leisa Williams

About the editor

Harriet Connor is the content editor of Growing Faith, an online magazine for Christian parents run as a ministry of Youthworks Media. She lives on the Central Coast of NSW, Australia, with her husband and four sons.

You can read more of Harriet’s writing about Christian parenting in her books, Big Picture Parents: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Life (Wipf & Stock, 2017) and Families in God’s Plan: 12 Foundational Bible Studies (Youthworks Media, 2021).

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