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Woven

Nurturing a Faith Your Kid Doesn’t Have to Heal From
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Woven challenges the traditional obedience-focused model of Christian parenting by proposing a faith that is nurtured like a spider's web, built strand by strand. Meredith Miller encourages parents to help their children discover God through exploration, questioning, and developing a resilient, flexible faith that can withstand life's challenges. The book offers a guide to fostering genuine trust and love for God, rather than merely enforcing rules, with scripture-based wisdom and practical family activities to support spiritual growth together.
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This book is ideal for Christian parents seeking a deeper, more relational approach to faith formation in their families. It will especially resonate with those wanting to move beyond rigid teachings towards nurturing a flexible and lasting spiritual foundation for their children.

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In this inspiring parenting book, learn how to create space for your children to get to know God in a way that focuses on trust instead of a list of rigid rules.

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Most Christian parenting books are ready with exact practices every family should follow in order to raise obedient children. In this obedience-training model, faith is a wall, constructed brick by brick, as adults tell children what to believe and how to behave.

But what if obedience is not the goal of Christian parenting? What if it's our job as parents to instead help our kids get to know God and discover that God can be trusted? And what if faith is not constructed brick by brick, but rather woven strand by strand?

Much like a spider's web, in which anchor strands and internal threads combine to form a unique web, Woven can help children anchor to who God is and have faith practices that are rich, textured, and all their own. Kids need space to explore the Bible, ask big questions, and even change their understanding of God and faith along the way. With Woven, families can nurture the kind of faith that can flex and grow, be broken and repaired. This is the sort of faith that can stand up to the life a child will live, the doubts they will encounter, and the questions that will come up along the way.

So many parents want to pass along their faith but know that God is so much bigger than the list of do's and don'ts they were taught about as children. They want to pass along a faith their child doesn't have to heal from. Woven is the guidebook parents have been looking for. With a deep reverence for scripture and suggested activities to help your family grow in faith together, Woven is for parents who want to go beyond a list of do's and don'ts and pass along a resilient faith based on genuine love for and trust in God.

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Woven has been praised by experts and listeners alike for its thoughtful, research-based approach that blends biblical wisdom with practical application. Kara Powell highlights it as a winning resource for family faith formation, especially for overwhelmed parents. Erin Moon endorses the book as a clear and compassionate guide for raising children in faith beyond simple obedience, emphasising trust in a relational God. Readers find it encouraging and transformative in rebuilding confidence in Christian parenting.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781546004356

Publisher: Little, Brown & Company

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 24 August 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: Worthy Books

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 160.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 435g

Pages: 256

About the Author

Meredith Miller is a pastor and a parent who has spent most of the past twenty years helping families follow Jesus. She has been involved with Fuller Youth Institute since 2007 and from 2014-2019 she was Curriculum Director for the children's ministry at Willow Creek Community Church in Chicago, Illinois. Meredith holds a Master of Divinity degree from Fuller Theological Seminary, as well as a B.A. in Religious Studies and Spanish Language & Literature from Westmont College. She is pastor of Pomona Valley Church and calls Southern California h

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