Pass the Faith, Please: Nourishing Your Child's Soul in the Everyday Moments of Life - Hardcover

Borgman, Lori

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9781578567256: Pass the Faith, Please: Nourishing Your Child's Soul in the Everyday Moments of Life

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ISBN 10: 1578567254 ISBN 13: 9781578567256

Publisher: WaterBrook Press, 2004

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Children Do Not Live by Macaroni and Cheese Alone.

As a parent, you have roughly eighteen years to imprint life’s basic lessons onto the heart of your child: from the need to put the milk back in the refrigerator to the value of turning in school assignments on time. Above all, you want your child to have a dynamic, living faith–a rock-solid belief system.

How does a parent ascend to such lofty heights while tethered to piles of laundry, unpaid bills, and a yapping dog? It’s easier than you may think. Just as Christ did with the disciples, parents impart crucial lessons in the midst of ordinary, everyday life. So, pull up a chair and discover how you can turn seemingly unremarkable, daily moments into opportunities to instill in your child a truly remarkable faith.

The Natural Way to Feed Your Child’s Spiritual Hunger.

Pass the Potatoes. Pass the Meatloaf. Pass the Faith.

Since your child was a tiny baby, you have been lovingly providing food for his or her body, stimulation for the mind, love for the heart, and truth for the spirit. Yet it is as you go about the familiar rituals of life–in the very holiness of the mundane–that you may best teach your child about God and His ways.

Using the memorable metaphor of the family dinner table–where napkins illustrate the power of forgiveness and placemats protect our tables as Scripture protects our children’s souls–author Lori Borgman illustrates how to make the most of the natural teaching times in daily life and find creative, enjoyable ways to interweave spiritual nurture with the struggles and joys of everyday living.

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From the Back Cover:

“It is the greatest desire of every Christian parent to pass on a vibrant, living faith to our children. Lori’s book is an honest, practical road map that puts flesh on good intentions. Enjoy the trip!”
–Sheila Walsh, author of The Heartache No One Sees and A Love So Big

“Lori Borgman reminds us all, with a dash of humor and a dollop of reality, that we are our child’s best teacher. They learn faith–like they learn manners–by our example and teaching. Busy moms everywhere will appreciate the candid treatment of the topic of passing on our faith.”
–Vicki Caruana, America's Teacher�, author of Giving Your Child the Excellence Edge

“...a fresh vision for instilling faith through life’s ordinary moments.”
–Susan Alexander Yates, author (with husband John) of Character Matters: Raising Kids with Values That Last

“Lori Borgman demystifies the process of passing faith to a child, making it a seamless part of the rituals of family life: mealtime, bedtime, chore times, and Sunday worship. Her writing style is fresh, frank, and fun.”
–Mary Beth Lagerborg, media manager of MOPS International (Mothers of Preschoolers) and author of Once-a-Month Cooking

“Once again, fellow Hoosier Lori Borgman uses her trademark blend of wit and wisdom to deliver an important message to the family. Pass the Faith, Please is an essential book for parents interested in passing faith, character, and values to the next generation.”
–Congressman Mike Pence

“In the spirit of Erma Bombeck, Lori Borgman’s Pass the Faith, Please entertains us with the joy and humor of family life that leaves every reader eager for another helping.”
-Elayne Bennett, President and Founder of the Best Friends Foundation

About the Author:

Lori Borgman writes a weekly family life/humor column that is distributed in the U.S. and Canada by Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services. She maintains a personal website (www.loriborgman.com) and her column is published online on The Indianapolis Star website (www.indystar.com) as well as the Jewish World Review website (www.jewishworldreview.com).
A graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, Lori has been published in Worldwide Challenge, Reader’s Digest and Woman’s Day, and is the author of I Was a Better Mother Before I Had Kids. She is also a frequent speaker for women’s and church groups. Lori and her husband have hosted numerous home Bible studies and have taught children’s Sunday school for thirteen years.

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