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Guest Post on ChristianMomThoughts.com: “Training Wheels for Your Child’s Prayer Life”

October 16, 2014 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

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I am thrilled that Natasha Crain invited me to write a post on her great Christian parenting blog, “Christian Mom Thoughts.“

Natasha writes on apologetics for parents, equipping them to help their kids grow in a strong and well-informed faith, and she now has a book under contract with Harvest House. Check out her work — but read my post first!

It is up and running this morning. Here’s the start…

Maybe you think intimate conversation with God is the most natural thing in the world. You are right: we really were created for this. But all relationships, even with people, take skills.

Kids have to grow in the skills of prayer. 

You wouldn’t just set your three-year old on a bike and give her a shove. You bolt on some training wheels.

There are training wheels for prayer too. (click here to read more…)

I hope you’ll join the conversation there by sharing your own stories about teaching kids to pray!

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Filed Under: Guest Posts, Prayer Tagged With: Daily office for kids, Prayer, St. Benedict, Teaching kids to pray, Teresa of Avila

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