Proverbs organized by character trait, such as laziness. Great to keep handy for times when you need a table conference. What's that? It's when you call a time out for God at your house. Make them sit there while you pick the verse they will need to write or memorize so they know why what they are doing is wrong, not just that they have to stop because "mom says so."

How do you lead boys to accept responsibility in their lives? It must be earned slowly, but surely.

Do you know kids who have gone on to live their faith and wondered what their parents did to raise them that way? George Barna surveys parents who succeeded in raising kids with a passion for God to find out how they did it.

Take a minute a day, or several, to get a grip on your life! This is one of the first devotionals I've seen to connect real-life everyday conversations with God's overseeing wisdom. If you've ever been discouraging to your children, fearful, or just had concerns about what you are doing this book can help you get some perspective.

Finding a place of connection with God is an incredible experience but one that is often hard to find in our busy lives. It's written in a fashion that leads you through some of the spiritual disciplines that will help you understand scripture in a new way, pray more deeply, really enjoy rest and learn what sabbath is really all about. It changed my life. Hope it does the same for you!

This book confronts the comfortable Christianity we've come to live with and compares it to what life could look like if we vowed to just "follow Jesus". A book to challenge your view of what faith in Christ looks like. Read it just to shake your world! It is shaking mine.

What kind of mom do you need to be to raise a boy into a man? This book comes highly recommended by several women who've read it. It's next on my reading list.