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Helping Children Sleep

Featured August 2, 2024

Every bedtime is an opportunity to support a child’s maturing faith in the Lord’s goodness and care. Grace Pouch shares tips for helping kids go to sleep with a sense of safety and an awareness of God’s constant loving gaze.

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Singletasking

Published December, 2023 • Featured December 8, 2023

A reminder that “few things are needed” — often far fewer than we think. Grace Pouch offers a few small steps to help us and the children in our care simplify for the sake of connection and depth.

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Beauty Rituals

Published October, 2023 • Featured October 20, 2023

The rhythms of our world can press us to pay attention to what is wrong and ugly and evil, but “beauty rituals” are ways to resist that formation and to set our sights on God’s glory and goodness.

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Helping Children Come Away from Distraction to Enjoy God

Featured April 20, 2023

By carefully crafting environments that filter out the world’s distraction, we can help children build skills for a lifetime of connection with God and attention to his “still, small voice.”