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Best Gift Ideas for the Preteen on Your List

Some of the best gift ideas for the preteen on your list provide familiarity with family stories, legends, and lore.

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Best Gift Ideas for Ages 0 to 3

Here’s a few great ideas for the best gifts for the littles in your home.

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Best Gift Ideas for Teenagers on Your List

As they develop into adults, what best gift ideas for teenagers go beyond the wrapping paper to encourage discovery of their unique identity?

Your Best Present is God’s Presence

From God’s perspective, Christmas is the story of a God of love who desires to have a lifelong relationship with you.

Best gifts for 4-8 year olds. Like this little girl and her brother

Best Gift Ideas for 4-8 Year Olds

Shopping for 4-8 year olds can be the most fun. You can make this year’s Christmas gifts meaningful as well.

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Teaching Our Kids to Be “In, Not of, the World”

Raising our children in the admonition of the Lord is done through the little decisions we make daily.

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Focus on the Family Christmas and Holiday Gift Guide

This Christmas season, give your children a gift that will help them discover the why behind Christmas instead of focusing on the what.

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Reflecting God’s Faithfulness

Help children see the awesome reliability of God’s faithfulness through these age-appropriate activities.

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The Purpose of Christmas

Jesus Christ was born for a purpose. Help your children understand the reason for His birth.

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Using Nativity Figures to Give Kids Christian Values

Christmas is wonderful time to do crafts together with the children. Take it a step further craft together the story of Jesus.

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Christmas Gift Giving Ideas for Families on a Budget

Find out how others have taught their children the importance of giving gifts or how they as parents have given gifts to their children.

A traditional Advent Calendar

A Traditional Advent Calendar

When the countdown to Christmas starts, some kids excitedly open the numbered doors of Advent calendars as they await the celebration of Jesus’ birth.

Little boy looking at an Advent Wreath. Why is Advent so important?

Why is Advent Important?

Advent is a time of hope. When we show our children Advent’s profound truths, they receive a higher hope than anything this world can offer.

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Celebrating Advent as a Family: Parent’s Guide to Meaningful Christmas Traditions

Celebrating Advent is a beautiful way for families to create meaningful traditions, and remember God’s promises to send a Messiah, and how Jesus Christ fulfilled those prophecies.

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How to Reduce Grumbling and Increase Gratitude

Will you take the challenge to stop grumbling for a year? Tricia Goyer’s family did.

simplify your holiday season

Simplify Your Holiday Season

Schedule time for what really matters.

Thanksgiving Activities for Families

Thanksgiving Activities for Families

Thanksgiving is a wonderful time to stop and remind your family to be thankful. Though gratitude should be encouraged all year long, this holiday provides the perfect segway for families to implement a heart of thankfulness.

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Is TikTok Propagandizing Our Kids?

What is TikTok teaching our kids about the world?

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5 Ways to Teach Kids Gratitude at Home

The Bible tells us to live with an attitude of gratitude, and research tells us that gratitude has a positive impact on our minds and social behaviors. Here are five ways to teach kids gratitude in your home.

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Nurturing Gratitude in Your Child’s Heart

Nurturing gratitude doesn’t always come easy. It’s an intentional part of parenting, and an important trait every family can cultivate.

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To Step into Your Calling, You Must First See Clearly.

Truth Rising exposes the cultural crisis we face and the bold faith it takes to confront it. Watch the film, then go deeper with a study on Hope, Truth, Identity, and Calling. You were created for this moment.

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