Sacred Parenting by Gary Thomas

Sacred Parenting

How Raising Children Shapes Our Souls

Gary Thomas, Gary L. Thomas

Zondervan · Print & ebook · August 29, 2017

Parenting is a school for spiritual formation. . .and our children are our teachers.

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Who it’s for
A thoughtful shift from changing your children to considering how parenting changes you.
Genres
Christian Parenting, Christian Personal Growth, Christian Family & Relationships
Published
Zondervan, August 29, 2017

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About this book

Parenting is a school for spiritual formation. . .and our children are our teachers. The journey of caring for, rearing, training, and loving our children profoundly alters us forever. Even when the journey is a rough one, God uses the experience to train, shape, and love us. Sacred Parenting is unlike any other parenting book on the market. This is not a "how-to" book that teaches readers the ways to discipline their kids or help them achieve their full potential.

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Instead of a discussion about how parents change their children, Sacred Parenting demonstrates how God uses children to change their parents. Stepping beyond the overly-tilled soil of method books, parents can learn a whole new side of parenting. You'll be encouraged by stories that tell how other parents handled the challenges and difficulties of being a parent – and how their children transformed their relationship with God. The lessons that Gary Thomas--bestselling author of Sacred Marriage--offers are timeless. But in this edition, Thomas adds in some additional insights and stories that he's learned and lived over the past fifteen years of his own parenting. He has found that the lessons have remained much the same, but there are new applications for the readers in this generation who are just now coming to his book.

Parenting, Reconsidered

A thoughtful shift from changing your children to considering how parenting changes you.

Come here for

  • A contemplative Christian take on parenting as spiritual formation
  • Stories about the challenges that can reshape a parent’s relationship with God

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  • Reflection on how caring for children can shape faith
  • Stories of parents meeting the difficulties of family life

Where it sits

Christian Parenting90%
Christian Family & Relationships53%
Christian Personal Growth45%

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Publisher categories

  • Family & Relationships
  • Raising Teenagers
  • Christian Personal Growth
  • Christian Parenting
Authors
Gary Thomas, Gary L. Thomas
Publisher
Zondervan
Published
August 29, 2017
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Family & Relationships