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Marriage and Family Life
Help with Marriage preparation, planning the ceremony and guidance in your married life.
Help with raising children within a Christian family.
Help with raising children within a Christian family.
Family Fun for Easter- 30 Lent and Easter Activities for Families to Shareby Jane Butcher This would be a nice book to give to a family who was new to celebrating Lent and Easter. It contains all the good basic ideas you need such as a recipe for pancakes, simnel cake and hot cross buns, instructions for making an Easter Garden or having an Easter egg hunt in your garden and a few ideas for games such as pin the tail on the donkey, egg and spoon races and hunting for silver. There are a few wordsearches for children, an outline for how to hold a Passover meal and some cooking suggestions such as making ‘empty tomb’ rolls and Easter biscuits. There is a useful page at the beginning of each section to explain what Lent, Shrove Tuesday, Mothering Sunday etc are all about. Following this is the relevant Bible story told in a child friendly way. For church leaders and Sunday school teachers, there won’t be much for you in this book that you didn’t know already, but it would be a lovely gift for a family who is new to church and would give them a good grounding in what Lent and Easter is all about. Review by Kathy Bland (26/01/12) |
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| Paperback Price: £4.99 Publisher: Barnabas imprint of BRF Published: November 2011 ISBN: 978-0-857-46049-3 View this book on its own page >> |
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Where has My Little Girl Gone?by Tanith Carey The author of this book is a seasoned journalist, already writing for a variety of magazines and newspapers, including the Guardian, the Independent and the Daily Mail, in which this well-researched how-to book has been serialized. Tanith Carey writes that celebrity children such as Suri Cruise, designer brand names, social networking sites like Facebook, game consoles, mobile phones, the internet, easy access to porn and lewd music videos have created a generation of girls who are old before their time. She encourages parents to talk frankly to daughters about sex and complain to broadcasters about unsuitable violence in popular shows such as Waterloo Road – adding that big corporations hate bad publicity. She says that many mothers don’t kick up a fuss because they are afraid to appear politically incorrect and mentions the name Mary Whitehouse more than once, but stresses that a daughter is not a confidante, or a best friend, but an ultimate responsibility. This is a refreshing and honest book which should be on the shelf of every mother and mother-to-be. Review by Alice Collins (13/10/11) |
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| Paperback Price: £7.99 Publisher: Lion Published: Summer 2011 ISBN: 978-0-745-95542-1 View this book on its own page >> |
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Side by Side With God - In Everyday Life- Helping Children to Grow With God at All Timesby Yvonne Morris Everything has its time and there is a time for everything, but in our fast moving, ever changing society too often family time is pressured and cultivating a time to get alongside our children and a good book is squeezed out, let alone time to talk through some of those existential questions! This book offers a helpful rhythm to sharing and unpacking bible stories with children in the home. Arranged thematically based on Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8, each section starts with the bible to set the scene; leads onto ‘wondering questions’; encourages conversation; identifies further ‘bible links’ before ‘capturing the question’ we might want to ask God; a further story enables us to ‘dig deeper’ before we ‘chat with God’. This is not a book that gives a neatly packaged interpretation or message; it is a gem that will stimulate thought, engage with uncertainties and provide a safe place to explore new understandings as parents nurture their child’s developing spirituality. Make time to journey closer to God side by side with your children. Review by Siân Hancock (05/10/11) |
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| Paperback Price: £7.99 Publisher: Barnabas imprint of BRF Published: August 2011 ISBN: 978-1-841-01855-3 View this book on its own page >> |
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Outside the Womb- Moral Guidance for Assisted Reproductionby Scott B. Rae & D. Joy Riley This book is dedicated by both authors to those who have to deal with the pain of infertility, whether they are an infertile couple, concerned professionals or simply friends who ‘walk alongside’. Scott Rae writes as an ethicist and Joy Riley as a physician. Both write as ethically conservative Christians. The book is in two parts. In the first, a general overview is attempted. This introduces the reader to the ways in which people experience infertility and to the many bewildering medical terms they will encounter as they consider the possibility of reproduction Outside the Womb. Throughout these chapters related biblical themes are also interwoven and explored. In the second part, the authors consider a number of techniques and procedures including: intrauterine insemination and egg donation; GIFT, ZIFT and IVF; surrogate motherhood; prenatal genetic testing. Technical terms and complex techniques are fully explained. The book does, however, approach all of this from a very definite standpoint. This is summed up in an Afterword by Susan Haack, an obstetrician-gynaecologist: ‘Our understanding of embryos as persons who are beginning a journey of their own, created and ordained by God, must be the primary principle governing our approach to the use of any technology.’ Review by Alan Billings (27/09/11) |
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Publisher: Moody Press from Trust Media Distribution Published: 20 February 2011 ISBN: 978-0-802-45042-5 View this book on its own page >> |
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We Really Need to Talk- Steps to Better Communicationby Paul J.Donoghue & Mary Siegel This is a very good book on the art of talking and listening; easy to read but with real depth to it, it covers the range of situations from spouse, children, work and friends in a clear way, giving insight into how sometimes we can trigger reactions without meaning to and how to avoid them, at the end of each section is also a ‘reflections’ section with questions that really make you think. It then goes on to address the ways we shouldn’t talk, ie in a judging or blaming manner etc and finally has a good section on how we should talk – the skills needed like listening and effective communication strategies. On the whole it is a great book for anyone looking to learn communication skills and could also be used as the basis for a training manual for groups and teams either engaged in ministry or just to build up better church and group communication. Review by Melanie Carroll (19/07/11) |
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| Paperback Price: £10.99 Publisher: Ave Maria Press from Alban Bks Published: October 2010 ISBN: 978-1-933-49523-1 View this book on its own page >> |
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The Pregnancy Book- Spiritual & Emotional Survival for First-Time Parentsby Will & Lucinda van der Hart Full marks to this vicar and his wife for writing a book about pregnancy and the first year with a baby, while adjusting to these life-changing events in their own lives. Will and Lucinda write with immediacy, honesty and humour, and never play down their times of anxiety, fear and tiredness. The reader is therefore ready to trust their integrity and their carefully and prayerfully thought out ways of preparing both emotionally and spiritually for the addition of their new family member. The sharing of the writing between husband and wife makes for a balanced book which is enhanced by a useful reading list and prayers for pregnancy, birth and the early days of parenthood. Expectant parents would do well to read this valuable book which I really enjoyed. Review by Margaret Walker (14/07/11) |
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| Paperback Price: £7.99 Publisher: IVP(Inter Varsity Press) Published: May 2011 ISBN: 978-1-844-74440-4 View this book on its own page >> |
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What Did You Expect?- Reclaiming the Realities of Marriageby Paul David Tripp |
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ISBN: 978-1-844-74474-9 Price: £9.99 |
Published: 18 June 2010 |
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A Time to Care- Loving Your Elderly Parentsby Emily Ackerman |
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ISBN: 978-1-844-74487-9 Price: £7.99 |
Published: 17 September 2010 |
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Just the Two of Us?- Help and Strength in the Struggle to Conceiveby Eleanor Margesson & Sue McGowan |
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ISBN: 978-1-844-74475-6 Price: £7.99 |
Published: 16 July 2010 |
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Family Money Matters- How to Run Your Family Finances to God's Gloryby John Temple |
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ISBN: 978-1-846-25203-7 Price: £6.00 |
Published: 2010 |
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Divorce- A Challenge to the Churchby Bob Mayo |
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ISBN: 978-1-841-01488-3 Price: £7.99 |
Published: April 2008 |
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The Rule of St Benedict For Family Life Todayby Don Massimo Lapponi OSB |
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ISBN: 978-0-854-39771-6 Price: £9.95 |
Published: 2010 |
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Parenting Children For a Life of Faith- Helping Children Meet and Know Godby Rachel Turner |
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ISBN: 978-1-841-01607-8 Price: £7.99 |
Published: 18 June 2010 |
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When the Vow Breaks- Contemplating Christian Divorceby Graeme Davidson |
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ISBN: 978-0-281-06153-2 Price: £12.99 |
Published: October 2010 |
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Learning to Let Go- Making the Transition Into residential Careby Penelope Wilcock |
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ISBN: 978-0-745-95398-4 Price: £7.99 |
Published: 2010 |
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Creative Ideas for Quiet Corners- 14 Visual prayer ideas for quiet moments with childrenby Lyn Chambers |
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ISBN: 978-1-841-01546-0 Price: £6.99 |
Published: 21 November 2008 |
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Gospel-centred Family- Becoming the Parents God Wants You to beby Ed Moll & Tim Chester |
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ISBN: 978-1-906-33470-3 Price: £5.00 |
Published: 2009 |
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One Dad- Encountering Godby Brad Lincoln |
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ISBN: 978-1-841-01678-8 Price: £6.99 |
Published: Spring 2010 |
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Father Fiction- Chapters for a Fatherless Generationby Donald Miller |
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ISBN: 978-1-444-70130-2 Price: £11.99 |
Published: 2010 |
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Sleep: It Does a Family Good- How Busy Families Can Overcome Sleep Deprivationby Archibald D. Hart |
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ISBN: 978-1-589-97609-2 Price: £10.99 |
Published: March 2010 |
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