Sacred Parenting: How Raising Children Shapes Our Souls

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Parenting is a school for spiritual formation. . .and our children are our teachers.

The journey of caring for, rearing, training, and loving our children profoundly alters us forever. Even when the journey is a rough one, God uses the experience to train, shape, and love us.

Sacred Parenting is unlike any other parenting book on the market. This is not a “how-to” book that teaches readers the ways to discipline their kids or help them achieve their full potential. Instead of a discussion about how parents change their children, Sacred Parenting demonstrates how God uses children to change their parents.

Stepping beyond the overly-tilled soil of method books, parents can learn a whole new side of parenting. You’ll be encouraged by stories that tell how other parents handled the challenges and difficulties of being a parent – and how their children transformed their relationship with God.

The lessons that Gary Thomas–bestselling author of Sacred Marriage–offers are timeless. But in this edition, Thomas adds in some additional insights and stories that he’s learned and lived over the past fifteen years of his own parenting. He has found that the lessons have remained much the same, but there are new applications for the readers in this generation who are just now coming to his book.

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Who is Gary Thomas?

Gary Thomas seeks to draw people closer to Christ and each other. He is the award-winning author of 20 books that together have sold more than 2 million copies and have been translated into more than a dozen languages. He and his wife Lisa have been married for 38 years and they have 3 adult children and 2 grandchildren.

What are Gary’s credentials?

Gary holds a bachelor’s degree in English Literature from Western Washington University, a master’s degree in systematic theology from Regent College, and an honorary doctor of divinity degree from Western Seminary.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Zondervan
Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 29, 2017
Edition ‏ : ‎ Updated
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 031034185X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0310341857
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.4 x 0.67 x 8.37 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #54,525 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #116 in Adult Christian Education (Books) #223 in Christian Marriage (Books) #234 in Christian Family & Relationships
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