When it comes to celebrating the seasons with your family, Lent is a challenging one. For one, it's pretty long - 40 days plus Sundays - which is a heck of a long time, especially for very young children. And, for another, it's not exactly a fun-filled fiesta is it? I mean, it's not meant to … [Read more...] about Lent Devotions for Families
Books and resources
Here are the best books and resources that our family has used to nurture faith over the last few years. You'll find a whole host of resources for different age groups (including adults), and if there's something you're looking for which isn't here, let me know and I'll do my best to add it!
30 Amazing Christian Podcasts for Women
Call me old-fashioned, but I've only recently discovered podcasts. I mean - don't get me wrong, I knew of their existence, but a bit like a prehistoric creature eating leaves in the middle of the industrial revolution, I was kinda just going about my daily business, leaving others to their … [Read more...] about 30 Amazing Christian Podcasts for Women
30+ Best Christian Books for Moms
There are so many incredible Christian books for moms out there – it’s a growing market, and even though I regularly read and review books for this blog, I struggle to keep up! But there’s a big problem: Mamas don't generally have a lot of time to read. I mean – try and remember the last time … [Read more...] about 30+ Best Christian Books for Moms
20 Best Books to Read During Advent
I don't know about you, but I struggle to retain *any* sort of spiritual focus during Advent. It's not that I don't want to. It's just that the obligations of present shopping and wrapping, tree buying and decorating, family-dynamics negotiating, Secret Santa organising and school activities … [Read more...] about 20 Best Books to Read During Advent
20 Fabulous Bible Studies for Women
Much as I love the Bible, if I'm being totally honest, I don't always find it an easy read. I mean - it's so BIG! And much of it is hard to instantly understand or apply. Other bits don't seem relevant to my life right now, and still other bits feel over-familiar, from which it is hard to extract … [Read more...] about 20 Fabulous Bible Studies for Women
THE BEST CHRISTIAN FICTION BOOKS FOR MUMS
The thing you have to know about me right from the off is that it took me well over seven years after becoming a mother to get into a decent reading habit. And by 'decent' I don't even mean every night for half an hour. I mean some nights, for as many minutes as I could muster before falling … [Read more...] about THE BEST CHRISTIAN FICTION BOOKS FOR MUMS
MAKING FRIENDS AS A MUM
Today I'm delighted to welcome author and mum Ruth Leigh onto THFF. I read Ruth's brilliant book The Diary of Isabella M Smugge recently, and it was un-put-downable! Any parent will recognise the hubbub of family life that Ruth so aptly observes: busyness, constant meal provision, playdates, sick … [Read more...] about MAKING FRIENDS AS A MUM
THE BEST CHILDREN’S BIBLE DEVOTIONALS – FROM TOT TO TEEN!
There's nothing like a couple of messages from blog-readers to motivate you to write a blog post you've been meaning to write for a year. Talk about a kick up the backside. It has FULLY been my intention since early last year to compile a whole load of fabulous individual Bible devotionals for … [Read more...] about THE BEST CHILDREN’S BIBLE DEVOTIONALS – FROM TOT TO TEEN!
A CHRISTIAN PARENTING BOOK FOR SINGLE PARENTS
I've long had a particular admiration for those of my friends who are single parents. I even wrote about single parenting here. Let me be clear: I have a husband, and parenting STILL stretches me to the end of my resources and then some. (In fact, sometimes I say I have five children, because - … [Read more...] about A CHRISTIAN PARENTING BOOK FOR SINGLE PARENTS
