Books

Habits of the Household
by Justin Whitmel Earley
A book that helps families think about the little everyday rhythms we do as formational liturgies in which we shape the culture of our home. What if it isn’t the huge stuff but the little attainable everyday stuff? 

Parenting: Getting It Right
by Andy & Sandra Stanley
Written by Pastor Andy Stanley and his wife, they help parents to work together to identify their “North Stars” of what they want to parent their children towards. (For them, their primary stars were their kids’ relationships with Jesus, their siblings, and their parents.) 

Raising Passionate Jesus Followers
by Phil & Diane Comer
Focuses on a metaphor of building a house and has wisdom for specific focuses in each age and stage of raising up your child in faith.

The Tech-Wise Family
by Andy Crouch
About putting tech in its rightful place and cultivating a home with a healthy relationship with technology, courage, wisdom, and creativity. 

The Worry-Free Parent:
Living in Confidence So Your Kids Can Too
by Sissy Goff
If you consider yourself an anxious parent (who isn’t these days), put your oxygen mask on and read this book by Christian counselor Sissy Goff who will help you be a more peaceful presence for yourself and your family in this ever anxiety-ridden world.

The Whole Brain Child
by Daniel J. Siegel, M.D.
The Whole Brain Child helps parents understand what is going on neurologically with their kids and provides them tools to help parent them through the different neurological states that they encounter. The writers are excellent and do a great job making a complex topic understandable. The tools provided are very helpful.

Hold Onto Your Kids
by Gordan Neufeld & Gabor Maté MD
How building a strong relationship with your kids helps guide and protect them from peers being their main source of identity and formation. Though not an explicitly “Christian” book, the authors cite the teachings of Jesus multiple times and their clinical perspective is invaluable.

1-2-3 Magic
by Thomas Phelan PhD
123 Magic is a go-to recommendation for parents with young kids. The book does an amazing job boiling down a lot of parenting concepts into elegant strategies that are immediately helpful. 

Risen Motherhood
by Emily Jenson & Laura Wifler
How the Gospel speaks to all aspects of parenthood from your marriage, birth, postpartum, food choices, self care, and all the everyday aspects of motherhood.