Product Description

This companion devotional book to Gary Thomas’s Sacred Parenting works off this simple premise: Raising children shapes the parent every bit as much as parents shape their children. Fifty-two devotionals.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #68225 in Books
• Published on: 2005-04-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 160 pages

From the Back Cover
Raising children shapes the parent every bit as much as parents shape their children.

Raising children is a sacred calling—and not for the faint of heart. In Devotions for Sacred Parenting, the author of Sacred Parenting continues the conversation and contemplates the soul-transforming journey of being a parent.

With all new material, fifty-two devotions explore the spiritual dynamics of parenting. These life-related devotions are creative, fresh, and encouraging, inspiring mothers and fathers to look at parenting from a different perspective—as a holy and high calling from God, and as an opportunity to grow spiritually as you strive to raise godly children. Devotions for Sacred Parenting helps you understand how God is parenting you as you parent your children.

About the Author
Gary Thomas is a writer and speaker whose fresh approach to the spirituality of family life is changing the way Christians look at marriage and parenting. As an adjunct faculty member at Western Seminary (Portland, OR), his focus is on spiritual formation—specifically, how we can integrate Scripture, church history, and the wisdom of the Christian classics into modern experience. Gary has written over 100 published articles in most of the major Christian magazines, including Christianity Today, Decision, Moody, Marriage Partnership, New Man, Discipleship Journal, Charisma, and many others. His many books have been translated into several languages and include the Gold Medallion Award-winning Authentic Faith, Sacred Parenting, Sacred Marriage, and Sacred Pathways. He has appeared on numerous national radio and television programs, including Focus on the Family and Family Life Today. Gary’s speaking ministry has led him to speak in forty-eight of the fifty states, and in four different countries.

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Devotions for Sacred Parenting Copyright © 2005 by Gary L. Thomas Requests for information should be addressed to: Zondervan, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49530 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Thomas, Gary (Gary Lee) Devotions for sacred parenting : a year of weekly devotions for parents / Gary L. Thomas. p. cm. Summary: "This companion devotional book to Gary Thomas’s Sacred Parenting works off this simple premise: raising children shapes the parent every bit as much as parents shape their children. Fifty-two devotions"—Provided by publisher. Includes bibliographical references.

Customer Reviews

Just Amazing. . .
The author truly lets you see parenting as it really is, with all the nuts and bolts on display. He doesn't mince words or pretty things up. Rather, as in his marriage books, he gives the message that it's hard but rewarding (kind of an Outward BOund of spirituality, if you will). His marriage book may have literally saved my marriage and since then I've recommended and purchased it for lots of friends -- his parenting books are very similar. They challenge you and force you to grow, as you are forced to acknowledge that we don't ultimately order our kids from catalogs so that they'll be pleasing to us, and that in some strange way, they are pleasing to GOd BECAUSE they challenge us, not DESPITE the fact that they do. I know that I have grown greatly from being a parent, and will continue to do so. It's nice to have this book as a companion on the journey.

Best I've Read
As a pastor, I have read plenty of devotional books. This one, however, stands head and shoulders above the rest. Maybe it is the stage we are in, but this is just a phenomenal book. I have given out about eight of them. I highly recommend it for any couple raising children.

Help for Busy Parents
Gary Thomas offers busy parents a year plan for renewal for your family. Understanding the heart of the home to be God's holy work unfolding within the heart of parents who need to be guided and cared for by our loving God, Thomas presents practical devotions for parents who may think they do not have enough time to pray or enjoy time with God. Down to earth yet deeply rooted in the great historical soil of classic Christianity, Thomas leads us deeper into what it means to raise children as a spiritual calling.

For another recently published book on spiritual parenting, look into The Busy Family's Guide to Spirituality: Practical Lessons for Modern Living From the Monastic Tradition