Faith in Parents

Join Ed, Amy and Nay Dawson as they talk through a Christian approach to Halloween for parents. We can use Halloween as an opportunity to talk to our children about fearless faith, living distinctively and loving generously. It is also the one time when our community knocks on our door. How can we love them, offer them something of Christ without compromising our deep conviction that Christ is the...

Join Ed, Amy and Risen Motherhood's Laura Wifler as they chat through finding and thriving in gospel moments in the everyday challenges of parenthood. They chat through the highs and lows of parenting expectations and reality with a good angle in on prayer and praying with your kiddos. People :  Ed Drew - Director of FIK Amy Smith - FIK  Laura Wifler - Author, podcaster, and the executive dir...

Join Ed, Pete, Mark and Kate as they discuss life at the 18th year of parenting and beyond.  Mark and Kate are knee-deep in this parenting stage and Pete Dray works with students for UCCF as the Director of Creative Evangelism and has some helpful steers to Christian parents charting these tricky waters. People :  Ed Drew - Director of FIK Pete Dray - Director of Creative Evangelism Mark & Kat...

Join Ed, Amy and Mark as they discuss life going back to school after the time we have had... The "back to school" week can be difficult for a number of reasons - there can be big emotions around starting a new school, or even just returning after a good Summer holiday. Perhaps this is even more pronounced with all the disruption around COVID. Sometimes we can feel like a spiritual failu...

Join Ed, Andrew, Katrina and Zoe as they discuss life at the 15-18 parenting stage. 15-18s are diverse; they're becoming more than just a product of their family and are still working out who they are. Clearly, the greatest thing that we could want for our children is for them to have faith in Jesus, but this is something we can't generate for them; we need to pray for the Holy Spirit to...

Join Ed, parent and teacher Chris and Jon and Sarah (also parents) as they share some anecdotal advice on how to navigate when children do not want to do what you want them to do, particularly when entering the teen years. They chat about how to help kids in the 11-14 age bracket feel secure and navigate new challenges, as well as share some of their own stories along the way. People :  Ed Drew -...

Join Ed, Amy & guests: 8-11s are full of energy, developing individual personalities. They still need their parents, but they're often brave enough to try things on their own - bold and fearless, but also often wonderfully vulnerable and tender. One of the challenges (and delights!) of parenting this age group is that they are all different - you can't treat them all the same because...

Listen in to Ed in conversation with  Amy, Jodie & Adam, talking about how to raise 5 to 7-year-old children, hoping for them to know Christ eternally. 5-7s are getting better at expressing themselves, knowing their own mind, and having a thirst for life. One of the potential challenges is adjusting to school life - especially when they may be either "ahead" or "behind" oth...

Ed and special guests Victoria, Jennifer, Dex and Julie discuss the opportunities as well as the challenges that abound when kids are 3 and 4 years old. 3's and 4's are sociable, full of energy and love routine. They are just beginning to grasp concepts like sin, forgiveness, and boundaries. How do we encourage our children to develop and learn to regulate their emotions at a stage when...

In this episode, Ed chats 'through the stages' with some fellow parents. Here they tackle 6 months to 2 years, roughly! On the show Ed speaks with a Christian infant feeding coordinator (and previous health visitor) - and mum of one - Wenna and an honest and open Christian couple - Hannah and Rob. They offer a biblical, honest, and thoughtful take on what this season of life is like plus...

In this episode, Ed chats through pregnancy and the early months with a Christian health visitor and mum, Wenna and a warmly honest and friendly Christian couple - Matt and Cat. They offer a biblical, honest and thoughtful take on what this season of life is like plus how knowing Jesus does indeed make it better.  This one is for you if you are newly pregnant or to pass on to someone you know who...

In this episode, Ed and Amy chat through the teaching passage from Titus on how Jesus' shows us God's kindness and means that we are eternally 'in' Jesus' big family photo. They discuss how this truth can shape your parenting and what this says to the 'angels' and the 'rascals' as well as the 'hippy' and 'pushy' parents. All of this...

Ed and his brother, John, reflect on their own upbringing and how they were parented, and the lessons and encouragements from that. Apparently John stopped being mothered from the age of 11, and feels differently about what qualifies as a luxury, especially when it comes to fun-sized Mars bars. If this podcast encourages you as you disciple your kids, please do send this episode to a parent you th...

In this episode, Ed and Amy chat to the leaders of some Christian Kids Summer Holiday Camps to get the latest, the low down and why you should consider sending your children on a Christian summer camp this year and how it's all going to work in this strange new world. Whether you are new to following Jesus as a parent or are a camp-leading-yourself-veteran, this episode is for you. Links of f...

In this episode, Ed and Amy hear how family Bible times have been going down with more of you listeners! Listen in to three conversations with parents Clare, Lauren and Ros as to how their family Bible times are going: the highs, the lows and everything in-between, as they have a chat with Rachel Redeemed from the Faith in Kids team. Whether you are new to following Jesus as a parent or have exper...

In this episode, Ed and Amy hear how family Bible times have been going down with YOU!  Listen in to three conversations with parents Emily, Rachael, Alison and Matt as to how their family Bible times are going: the highs, the lows and everything in-between, as they have a chat with Rachel Redeemed from the Faith in Kids team. Whether you are new to following Jesus as a parent or have experiences...

In this episode, Ed Drew has a chat with the expert Sandy Galea, the director of Kidswise . Her passion is to train children’s ministry leaders and parents - to equip and encourage them to speak God’s truth into the lives of children everywhere. She partners with churches by making the resources and programs developed for her own church, available on Kidswise. She has spent the last thirty years o...

Ed Drew has a chat with Marty Machowski , the expert on how to disciple your kids and host good family Bible times. We have been thinking on the podcast recently about how we can rely on, Jesus, God with us in the mess and chaos of lockdown and doing homeschool. How to keep this message strong within our families is often a struggle, if ever it's been tricky, it certainly is in lockdown. We h...

Ed and Amy chat with the mum of seven, Louise, to help us think about how lockdown is really going... and what we can do about it. We have been thinking on the podcast recently about how we can rely on Emmanuel, Jesus, God with us in the mess and chaos. How to keep this message strong within our families is often a struggle, if ever it's been tricky, it certainly is in lockdown. We hear some...

Ed chats with Robin Barfield and Ben Putt from ' Everyday Dadding ' to help us think about how we can be better parents, specifically, dads. We have been thinking on the podcast recently about how we can rely on Emmanuel, Jesus, God with us in the mess and chaos. How to keep this message strong within our families is often a struggle. Ed talks here to two 'Christian Dads' (i.e....

Ed helps us think about how we can prepare well for the New Year as parents. We have been thinking on the podcast recently about how we can rely on Emmanuel, Jesus, God with us in the mess and chaos. How to keep this message strong within our families is often a struggle. Ed talks here to Joe Henegan of The Good Book Company in a cross-over podcast to hear more of Ed's story as to how he beca...

Ed, Amy and Jam have some cheer to help us get through a tricky Christmas. We can rely on Emmanuel, Jesus, God with us in the mess and chaos. The Bake-a-long can be found on the Faith in Kids Youtube channel  here . Our new book Meals with Jesus can be pre-ordered here If you have any questions or comments, please get in touch with us at podcast@faithinkids.org . We won't read out your emails...

Ed, Amy and Jam are joined by Doug and Rachel Allord who have a brilliant plan for Carol services in the street with your neighbours. Find out more at Christmas Came to Me . All the other Faith in Kids resources, like the Zoom Nativity, can be found here: . Details of the Bake-a-long are here . Our new book Meals with Jesus can be pre-ordered here If you have any questions or comments, please get...

Ed talks to Barbara Reaoch about making the most of Advent by reading the Bible with your children. Barbara's written a resource for just that - A Better Than Anything Christmas !    Barbara and her husband lived in Michigan before moving to Cape Town, South Africa, to teach Bible Study Fellowship classes. With her grandchildren far away, Barbara began to write Bible studies for them to bridg...

Ed had a chat with Phil Howe from Scripture Union Northern Ireland about Church and Family. You can see a Youtube video of that whole interview at Scripture Union NI – and it’s called Church as Family, Family as Church, there’s a link in the show notes and it’s part of series called Times Like These . This is an edited audio version. You can follow Scripture Union Northern Ireland on Facebook . If...