Listening to Children on the Spiritual Journey: Guidance for Those Who Teach and Nurture

How do children experience and understand God? How can adults help children grow their life of faith? Throughout more than a decade of field research, children's spirituality experts Catherine Stonehouse and Scottie May listened to children talk about their relationships with God, observed children and their parents in learning and worship settings, and interviewed adults about their childhood faith experiences. This accessibly written book weaves together their findings to offer a glimpse of the spiritual responsiveness and potential of children. Through case studies, it provides insight into children's perceptions of God and how they process their faith. In addition, the book suggests how parents, teachers, and ministry leaders can more effectively relate to and work with children and pre-adolescents to nurture their faith, offering a helpful picture of adults and children on the spiritual journey together.

• Children Matter: Celebrating Their Place in the Church, Family, and Community
• Joining Children on the Spiritual Journey: Nurturing a Life of Faith (Bridgepoint Books)
• Children's Spirituality: What it is and Why it Matters (Sure Foundations)
• Perspectives on Children's Spiritual Formation
• Children and the Theologians: Clearing the Way for Grace
• Will Our Children Have Faith?: Third Revised Edition
• The Anthropology of Childhood: Cherubs, Chattel, Changelings
• It's Just a Phase--So Don't Miss It: Why Every Life Stage of a Kid Matters and at Least 13 Things Your Church Should Do About It
• The Family: A Christian Perspective on the Contemporary Home
• Children's Ministry on Purpose: A Purpose Driven Approach to Lead Kids toward Spiritual Health