Habits of the Household: Practicing the Story of God in Everyday Family Rhythms
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Discover simple habits and easy-to-implement daily rhythms that will help you find meaning beyond the chaos of family life as you create a home where kids and parents alike practice how to love God and each other.
You long for tender moments with your children–but do you ever find yourself too busy to stop, make eye contact, and say something you really mean? Daily habits are powerful ways to shape the heart–but do you find yourself giving in to screen time just to get through the day? You want to parent with purpose–but do you know how to start?
Award-winning author and father of four Justin Whitmel Earley understands the tension between how you long to parent and what your daily life actually looks like. In Habits of the Household, Earley gives you the tools you need to create structure–from mealtimes to bedtimes–that free you to parent toddlers, kids, and teens with purpose. Learn how to:
Develop a bedtime liturgy to settle your little ones and ground them in God’s loveDiscover a new framework for discipline as discipleshipAcquire simple practices for more regular and meaningful family mealtimesOpen your eyes to the spirituality of parenting, seeing small moments as big opportunities for spiritual formationDevelop a custom age chart for your family to more intentionally plan your shared years under the same roof
Each chapter in Habits of the Household ends with practical patterns, prayers, or liturgies that your family can put into practice right away. As you create liberating rhythms around your everyday routines, you will find your family has a greater sense of peace and purpose as your home becomes a place where, above all, you learn how to love.
From the Publisher
PRACTICAL TOOLS, SIMPLE HABITS AND EASY-TO-IMPLEMENT DAILY RHYTHMS, FOCUSED ON PARENTS, CHILDREN, AND FAMILIES, THAT YOUR FAMILY CAN PUT INTO PRACTICE RIGHT AWAY
HABITS: WAKING AND MARRIAGE
Parenting your children is not just about what you are doing in their lives. It is first about the work of God is doing in your life. This means the starting point of parenting habits is thinking about how our households are forming us as parents. We can’t make disciples without being disciples. We can’t teach the grace of God outside of experiencing the grace of God.
HABITS: BEDTIME, DISCIPLINE, SCREENTIME, AND FAMILY DEVOTIONS
After the habits of forming parents, half of the remaining habits are about forming children. These chapters focus on the areas where we get to pick the routines that shape our children: bedtimes, moments of discipline, screentime, and family devotions. There is a real practicality and primacy to these habits, because so much of our day-to-day is concerned with them.
HABITS: MEALTIMES, CONVERSATION, WORK, AND PLAY
At the intersection of forming parents and forming children is family culture. This is the idea that when we come together, something unique happens – a household is born. One way to think about family culture is to think about what habits and norms our friends and neighbors are invited into when they come over. These chapters will be about habits that focus on communal formation-things like mealtimes, conversations, and rhythms of work and play.
“This gem is what I want to give to absolutely every family I know…. I couldn’t put it down.”
—Ann Voskamp, bestselling author
“Justin suggests ways that people like you and me … can build habits to equip our families for the lifelong pilgrimage toward Home.”
—Russell Moore, Christianity Today
“If you feel like life is moving at a frenetic pace, and you’re struggling to keep your own heart centered … Habits of the Household will be strong medicine.”
—Ruth Chou Simons & Troy Simons
“Parents need this! Justin offers insights on how practicing rhythms at home displays Jesus to our children in ways words alone cannot.”
—Rebekah Lyons, bestselling author
Find Meaning and Purpose in the Daily Chaos of Your Household
Parenting happens in habits. We make meals, shuttle our kids to events, answer their questions, discipline them, and do bedtime. But did you know that even these ordinary routines can serve as extraordinary opportunities to live out God’s love in profound ways? In Habits of the Household, you will discover simple practices you can implement around your daily routines and seemingly mundane moments that will lead to a lifetime of growing closer to God—both for you and the members of your home.
Each session includes practical examples of prayers, liturgies, and activities that you and your family can put into practice right away. As you create rhythms around your everyday routines, you will find your family has a greater sense of peace and purpose as your home becomes a place where you learn how to love each other and love God.
Study Guide Sessions Include: Waking and Sleeping Mealtimes and Family Devotions Screentime and Formation Discipline as Discipleship Imagining the Future
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Publisher : Zondervan
Publication date : November 9, 2021
Language : English
Print length : 240 pages
ISBN-10 : 0310362938
ISBN-13 : 978-0310362937
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Dimensions : 5.47 x 0.56 x 8.39 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #1,237 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #1 in Parenting & Family Reference #2 in Christian Family & Relationships #16 in Christian Spiritual Growth (Books)
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Vicki Bentley –
Highly recommended by this parent of many
I highly recommend this book –I’m not quite finished with it but feel confident enough in it to recommend it anyway. Although it’s written by a dad, it’s helpful for a mom as well. I will admit that the word “liturgy” made me a bit nervous that it wouldn’t be down-to-earth enough for me, but he explains that this really just means Habits.I love how Justin explains the theological implications behind the habits that create the routines in our day, then suggests practical applications –with lots of examples from his day — the good, the bad, the ugly, and the redeemed!I’m not a deep theological or flowery prose reader anymore — with my bad eyes, I save reading for practical or straightforward stuff, and this does not disappoint. It’s worth using up my eye energy for! I can’t read a book straight through anymore, but this has been easy to pick up and read a chapter a day and be inspired and encouraged. It reinforced to me the biblical “why” behind so much of what we did instinctively yet intentionally.I just picked up several more as gifts!
Troy Tolar –
One of the best parenting books!!!
Love this book! It has so much great insight in how to raise kids in a God centered home. The values align with biblical teaching and I love how practical the author makes the habits.
Hmac527 –
Don’t question it, buy it!
Quite possibly one of the best books I’ve ever read. It has incredibly profound, and practical wisdom and habits to put into practice. Recommending to my best friends, and definitely having my husband read next. I bought all of his work while reading this book..It’s. just. so. good.
Sarah –
The most practical and effective Christian parenting book
I have read SO MANY CHRISTIAN PARENTING BOOKS in my short 10 years of parenting. This is ABOVE AND BEYOND any of the other books I have read. The author is so incredibly practical that you can totally relate to him and his family – but also have incredible practical tools to adopt his “habits” into your own. I love how the book is broken down into sections (work, screentime, meals, etc!) because it makes it an easy book to read, but also study with others. I listened on audiobook first, and loved the book so much I bought a physical copy for my husband to read. I wish every Christian parent had this book in their resource library because we can truly change the world and the trajectory of the next generation if we adopt these “habits of the household!” 10/10 recommend!!!!
Shea Tanis –
Heard amazing things
So far loving this book! We are going through the book with our mom’s Bible study!
Blessedgirl –
Great resource for Christian Mothers
This book was a recommendation and for young moms in the throes of parenting while trying to maintain Godly homes, the suggestions are wonderful and encouraging. Very relatable and attainable with consistent implementation.
Doug Tomich –
Promise if you give this a try for a month, you will become closer to Jesus and your family.
Not sure whether anyone can relate to this…. was born and raised Catholic. Went to college (and read DaVinci Code) and fell away from faith. Had an identity crisis and found Jesus. Could not get wife to agree to go to Catholic church, so we settled on Methodist (contemporary service). Read the bible for the first time of my life, and realized it was way different than I expected… lots of beautiful stories that are all intertwined. Wanted more and more to be like Jesus but was not sure what that would look like from a practical perspective. Friend (studying to be a pastor) and I were having dinner one night, and he showed me The Common Rule. He said, what if we try this out with a few friends for a month to see how it goes. 2.5 years later, we are still meeting on Sunday evenings speaking to the grace we observe when practicing these habits. The nerdier of us downloaded an app to help keep track.With this as the background (i.e. super fans of the message), of course we pre-ordered Habits of the Household. Really love it b/c again it provides practical ways to share the message of Jesus with our son and as a family. The Common Rule really strengthened our marriage, and I see the Habits of the Household strengthening the family. For example, one way to strengthen the family is not to divide the family… seems obvious in writing it… this book provides a great methodology to avoid overreacting to disobedience. Another great section is around screen time. We are not as disciplined as the Earley’s, but we are getting better during dinner time… kids love fire… the candle really works.Anyway… to avoid too much rambling… cannot recommend buying this book and giving the habits a try. It is very well written. Humble and relatable. Promise if you give this a try for a month, you will become closer to Jesus and your family. That is 100% guaranteed.
Eduardo Lopez –
Excellent book!
This books is just amazing! If you’re a Christian mom or dad and want to get Christian rhythms in your household, this is the correct or perfect book!So practical and easy to ready.It has like a little review of the main points at the end of each chapter. Loved it
Carla Rae Shaw –
An easy, enjoyable read but also a super practical guide to bringing God’s ways into all the daily rhythyms of parenting. Justin uses humor and grace to inspire parents to embrace heart-forming habits. Well on it’s way to becoming a dog-earred reference book in our home!
Bruna M. –
Mostra como nossa rotina pode estar redimida ao amor de Deus
rn –
Bought several copies of this book to give as gifts. i enjoyed it so much
K. F. –
In dem Buch geht es darum, wie und Rituale dabei helfen, uns in Familienalltag an Gott zu erinnern. Das Buch ist sehr praktisch orientiert und gibt viele gute Ideen/Anregungen, wie man eigene Familienrituale entwickeln kann, die uns im stressigen Alltag helfen immer wieder kurz innezuhalten.Ich habe das Buch schon mehrfach weiterempfohlen.
JPGrapes –
Excellent reading – fantastic Christian values