Sacred Parenting: How Raising Children Shapes Our Souls
- ISBN13: 9780310264514
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Product Description
Explore the spiritual dynamics of parenting, and why caring for children is such an effective discipline in shaping our souls and forming the character of Christ within us…. More >>
Sacred Parenting: How Raising Children Shapes Our Souls
Tags: Children, effective discipline, Parenting, Raising, Sacred, Shapes, Souls, spiritual dynamics
Unfortunately, this book was given to me as a pre-baby gift and while I appreciate the thought the book is awful. It’s pretty clear that Mr. Thomas drafted the entire thing while sitting in traffic on the DC Beltway (or maybe while traveling to one of his many speaking engagements across the nation). It’s a notecard that some editor blew up into a whole book so that the publisher could invigorate its profits before quarterly review time. Quick summary: God is our father; I’m a father; whoa. Unless you’re a 16 year old mom who really didn’t want to have children and who hasn’t thought a lick about the responsibility therein, this book is a waste of time.
And since I’m ranting, the fact that Mr. Thomas is in charge of the Evangelical Spirituality Center and teaches at Western Seminary only makes things worse. Do his peers really read this stuff and say “Hey Gary, you wrote a really great piece, it really ministered to me”? Do publishers really think this stuff is great? If so, then Evangelicalism deserves all the crap that it gets from the rest of the nation. If not, then the whole system is disingenuous.
Though I doubt many people will find this review helpful, if just one person buys a different book for their friends who are soon-to-be parents, all will be right in the world.
Rating: 1 / 5
This book, written for Christian parents and parents-to-be, lays out a wonderful explanation of the importance and underlying purpose of parenting. In the hustle and bustle of all the planning and how-to of parenting, this book brings invaluable perspective. Children are not ours, they are entrusted to us by God to raise them up to follow him. Along the way, this process changes both the parent and child for the better. I highly recommend this book for those who are about to become parents as it will inspire you to greater purpose. Read this before you read the how-to books.
Rating: 5 / 5
This book is a nice change of pace from most “how to” guides on parenting. This doesn’t give you instructions or tips or tricks. Instead, it gives you a fresh perspective on how God intended parenting as part of his plan to shape Christians. If you have the right perspective on life, that can help more than trying to force a few tricks into your daily routine.
Sacred Marriage is an excellent book that any married Christian couple (or about to get married) should read. Sacred Parenting isn’t as good. The points are somehow more vague and less impactful. The stories and anecdotes drag a little, rather than really breathing life into the lesson. Sacred Parenting is still a good book, but not as good as I hoped after reading Sacred Marriage.
Rating: 4 / 5
A fresh perspective on parenting. It doesn’t focus on the “how-to” of parenting, but rather on “why” do we parent and what we can learn from parenting and how our character can be shaped and changed as a result.
Rating: 5 / 5
I am very thanful to have read this book. This book is a real eye opener on what is really important in raising your children. Every parent should read this book. What a beautiful book! Thank you Gary for writing this book!!
Rating: 5 / 5