Christian Education Resources for Families

Breaking and Mending: Divorce and God's Grace by Mary Lou Redding (Nashville: Upper Room Books, 1998. ISBN 0-8358-0855-6). Looks at the spiritual issues and struggles that accompany a divorce for a Christian.

Christian Home Month Manual. Office of Family Ministries, the General Board of Discipleship (1-877-899-2780, Ext. 7119). Free yearly manual for celebrating Christian Home Month in May or another month of the congregation's choosing. (Click here for the 2009 online manual. )

Church and Family Together: A Congregational Manual for Black Family Ministry by Karen Jones Bernstine, editor (Valley Forge: Judson Press, 1996. ISBN 0-8170-1243-5). Solid information for family congregational ministry in African American congregations.

Family: The Forming Center, Revised Edition by Marjorie Thompson (Nashville: Upper Room Books, 1997. ISBN 978-0-8358-0798-2). Suggests models, rituals, and celebrations for a Christ-centered home.

Forgiving Your Family: A Journey to Healing by Kathleen Fischer (Nashville: Upper Room Books, 2006. ISBN 978-0-8358-9802-7).

Getting It Together: Spiritual Practices for Faith, Family, and Work by Carol A. Wehrheim (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2002. ISBN 978-0-664-22582-7). Information and leader's guide for individual or group study on providing a sense of balance in family time.

Growing Love in Christian Marriage: Pastor's Edition by Jane and Clifton Ives (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1999. ISBN 978-0-687-07604-8). Couple's Edition, by Joan and Richard Hunt (ISBN 978-0-687-08221-8). Material for pre-wedding counseling sessions for both clergy and couples.

Love Never Ends: Growing Together in Marriage and Faith by Robert and Jeanette Lauer (Nashville: Upper Room Books, 2002. ISBN 978-0-8358-0949-8). Practical exercises for strengthening marriage and deepening faith.

Making Love Last a Lifetime: Biblical Perspectives on Love, Marriage, and Sex by Adam Hamilton (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2004. ISBN 978-0-687-00726-4). Includes a Pastor's Guide; Leader's Guide; Participant's Book; VHS Tape and DVD.

Parents and Grandparents as Spiritual Guides: Nurturing Children of the Promise by Betty Shannon Cloyd (Nashville: Upper Room Books, 2000. ISBN 978-0-8358-0923-2). Explores the ways parents and grandparents can introduce children to God.

ProActive Parenting with Jim Williams (Abingdon Press: 2004) Series of 6 DVDs, each with 4 sessions and student books on the following topics: Parenting 101; Communication with Your Child or Teen; Handling Anger; Your Family and Money; Discipline with Children and Teens; Single Parenting.

Talking With Your Child: Conversations for Life (Leader's Guide), edited by Rebecca Laird (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1999. ISBN 978-0-687-08859-1). Together with the parent's guide, these resources provide the framework for six to twelve parenting sessions on communications, emotions, respect, success and failure, grief and loss, and sexuality.

Talking With Your Teen: Conversations for Life (Leader's Guide), edited by Lynn Hutton (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1999. ISBN 978-0-687-08856-0). Together with the parent's guide, these resources provide the framework for six to twelve parenting sessions on communications, emotions, respect, success and failure, grief and loss, and sexuality.

The Winds of Promises: Building and Maintaining Strong Clergy Families by Anne E. Streaty Wimberly and Edward Powell Wimberly (Nashville: Discipleship Resources, 2007. ISBN 978-0-88177-496-2). Self-help text for clergy families to address the challenges of moving, meeting expectations, making family life count, meaning making amidst glass house living, and managing catastrophic life events.

List posted 3-02-09

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