Keeping Christ the Center of Your Child's Christmas

As a parent, do you struggle keeping Christ the center of your child's Christmas? The world draws our little ones away from Jesus in so many subtle ways — especially at Christmas. I strive to give my loved ones presents that bring inquisitive eyes and easily-influenced ears back to the One Whose birth we celebrate December 25.

 Storytime — A 52-Week Bible Storybook for Families is the book I bought for my grandchildren this Christmas. If there is one book to buy for your little ones, please buy this one.

 



Author Catherine DeVries takes your family on a Bible adventure from Genesis through Acts. Written for children ages four and up, DeVries and her publisher, David Cook, produced a magnificent, beautifully illustrated, hardcover, interactive Bible devotional book for the entire family.

Storytime equips parents (and Sunday School teachers) with a weekly plan for an entire year of doing devotions together with their children. Each devotion only takes about 10 minutes. The heart of the book is Family Talk Time, in which you can remember and discuss the stories together, discover the Bible theme, and then share thoughts and experiences that relate to you personally as a family.

 Storytime includes:
 52 Bible stories;
 52 modern stories about families like yours that include colorful illustrations, comic books, and rebus formats; and
52 devotions exploring what you learned and closing with a prayer and memory verse.

I'm wrapping two for Christmas. I hope you do too!

You can purchase Storytime on Amazon.com at http://www.amazon.com/Storytime-52-Week-Bible-Storybook-Families/dp/0781409926/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1386015119&sr=1-2&keywords=Storytime

Give your family a splash of serenity at Christmas with a present that teaches His Presence,

An Advent Calendar That Teaches Children to Pray

                    

 I LOVE this advent calendar! Created by my friend Kara Anderson, this treasure is durable and beautiful and ready to be used year after year as your family's new Christmas tradition.

Each number is a pocket. Every day leading up to Christmas your child writes a prayer or a prayer request and places it in the pocket. On Christmas eve remove the prayers, read them, and thank God for His answers. What a wonderful activity that teaches your children to keep their eyes on Christ this Christmas.

 

 

 

To keep the spirit of Christmas going throughout the year, in Kara Anderson's new book, Merryam's Elfun Adventures, your child travels with Merryam and learns what Santa does the other 11 months of the year. Each month teaches a new virtue for children to learn and practice. Over the year children read about kindness, responsibility, love, contentment, patience, honesty, perseverance, joy, self-esteem, compassion, thoughtfulness, faithfulness, and generosity. Merryam's Elfun Adventures includes a Compliment Club, a Kindness Calendar, 12 Scripture verses to memorize, and recipes! Yum!!! This beautifully illustrated, hard-cover book is a treasure you'll read year after year.

 

Kara Anderson, the author and creator of these products, is a breast-cancer survivor. She realized the shallowness of our Christmas wishes when her own little son sat on Santa's lap and said, "All I want for Christmas if for my mommy to get better."

Kara's passion is to celebrate her life by making a difference in the lives of others.  Please go to www.Merryam.com to read about her, see her other products, and purchase. You'll be glad to meet Kara. She is filled with all those virtues she's teaching! Love her!!!

Let Kara Anderson  splash serenity on your Christmas season!

           

 

                                

                                

                                

 

 

           

           

 

           

           

 

http://www.merryam.com/