Comforting Hearts, Teaching Minds by Starr Meade

Starr Meade helps to close that significant gap. 'The supply of practical guides to the catechism for passing the faith on to our covenant children falls short of the demand. Training Hearts, Teaching Minds: Family Devotionals Based on the Shorter Catechism by Starr Meade. 'An excellent tool for making the Shorter Catechism live in today's world. Comforting Hearts, Teaching Minds: Family Devotionals Based on the Heidelberg Catechism by Starr Meade. This is a book that every family will want to have and use.' 'Provides the practical resources to infuse family devotions with meaning, purpose, and lively joy. This is a case of the right book coming at the right time.'

'A superb, imaginative example of how to teach historic Christian faith to our children. Teaching the Shorter Catechism has never been easier! They are also brief, out of consideration for children's short attention spans and for the busy schedules of contemporary families. The readings are simply written, with elementary and junior-high children in mind.

Each question and answer of the catechism has six days' worth of devotional readings for families to share together. She is also author of Training Hearts, Teaching Minds, a year-long devotional based on the Westminster Shorter Catechism. Training Hearts, Teaching Minds guides families through the questions and answers in The Westminster Shorter Catechism in Modern English. Starr Meade served for ten years as the director of children’s ministries in a local church and has taught Bible and Latin classes in Christian schools. Recognizing this deficit, Starr Meade has provided Christian parents and churches with a tool for imparting doctrinal instruction to their children. Today, however, the church focuses on teaching Bible stories, which are often used to moralize children and equip them to win Bible trivia contests! In them, children had a concise handbook of important truths they could call upon at any time in confidence.

Does your child know the key biblical teachings about God the Father, the Lord Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit? What about salvation, Scripture, and the sacraments? Can he or she recite the Ten Commandments and the Lord's Prayer?Ĭatechisms were once used as instructional guides to help children memorize basic Christian doctrines.

Comforting Hearts, Teaching Minds by Starr Meade