Habits Of The Household

An easy, enjoyable read but also a super practical guide to bringing God's ways into all the daily rhythyms of parenting. Justin uses humor and grace to inspire parents to embrace heart-forming habits. Well on it's way to becoming a dog-earred reference book in our home!

Mostra como nossa rotina pode estar redimida ao amor de Deus

Not sure whether anyone can relate to this…. was born and raised Catholic. Went to college (and read DaVinci Code) and fell away from faith. Had an identity crisis and found Jesus. Could not get wife to agree to go to Catholic church, so we settled on Methodist (contemporary service). Read the bible for the first time of my life, and realized it was way different than I expected… lots of beautiful stories that are all intertwined. Wanted more and more to be like Jesus but was not sure what that would look like from a practical perspective. Friend (studying to be a pastor) and I were having dinner one night, and he showed me The Common Rule. He said, what if we try this out with a few friends for a month to see how it goes. 2.5 years later, we are still meeting on Sunday evenings speaking to the grace we observe when practicing these habits. The nerdier of us downloaded an app to help keep track.With this as the background (i.e. super fans of the message), of course we pre-ordered Habits of the Household. Really love it b/c again it provides practical ways to share the message of Jesus with our son and as a family. The Common Rule really strengthened our marriage, and I see the Habits of the Household strengthening the family. For example, one way to strengthen the family is not to divide the family… seems obvious in writing it… this book provides a great methodology to avoid overreacting to disobedience. Another great section is around screen time. We are not as disciplined as the Earley’s, but we are getting better during dinner time… kids love fire… the candle really works.Anyway… to avoid too much rambling… cannot recommend buying this book and giving the habits a try. It is very well written. Humble and relatable. Promise if you give this a try for a month, you will become closer to Jesus and your family. That is 100% guaranteed.

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I love this book, but for some reason, the pages of this book are cheap and nasty. The one I purchased from another company were nice pages and you could easily open the book. These were wrinkled at the binding, the paper was thicker and rough. It was rather annoying as I had it as a gift for someone, and it is just comparatively poor quality. Annoyingly I didn't think to get a photo before I gave it away!