The Lifegiving Parent: Giving Your Child a Life Worth Living for Christ

From the family that brought you The Lifegiving Home and The Lifegiving Table, discover how you can become a parent who gives your child a life worth living for Christ.In today?s world, it?s easy to become overwhelmed and even paralyzed by the constant flow of parenting advice. We?re flooded with so much practical information that we wonder if we?re choosing the right way. And we may be missing the one thing God really wants us to give to our children: His life. God doesn?t include a divine methodology for parenting in the Bible, but He does provide principles that can enable any faithful parent to bring His life into the life of their home.In The Lifegiving Parent, respected authors and parents Clay and Sally Clarkson explore eight key principles?heartbeats of lifegiving parenting?to shed light on what it means to create a home where your children will experience the living God in your family. Now parents of four grown children?each with their own unique personality and gifts?Sally and Clay have learned (sometimes the hard way!) that the key to shaping a heart begins at home as you foster a deep and thoughtful God-infused relationship with each child. Filled with biblical insight and classic Clarkson stories, The Lifegiving Parent will equip you with the tools and wisdom you need to give your children much more than just a good Christian life. You?ll give them the life of Christ. (Don?t miss the companion piece, The Lifegiving Parent Experience!) Review It?s no secret that Clay?s and Sally?s hearts beat for the family, and now they?ve offered those heartbeats for us to consider, emulate, and find encouragement from. The Clarksons specialize in inspiring a biblical big-picture mind-set with next-step practicality in a world that often finds parenting burdensome. The Lifegiving Parent offers delight and wonder to parents in the trenches. Ruth Chou Simons, mom of six, founder of GraceLaced.com, artistAmerican parents often say they feel powerless to raise their kids in the best way. Either they feel inadequate to do the job or they worry they don?t have the kind of influence on their kids they once dreamed of having. The solution isn?t ?education? as we typically think of it, nor is it slightly better sermons or youth groups. Children need formation?something that?s far more broad, intentional, and rooted in the people and traditions that ground a home.At a time when the plethora of parenting books are mainly focused on technique, Clay and Sally Clarkson provide a vision of parenting as an art. The Lifegiving Parent is an intensely practical window into how to be the person your children need so that they can grow up surrounded by the truth, goodness, and beauty that will set them up for a life worth living. Brian Brown, director of the Anselm SocietyClay and Sally Clarkson are the beloved parenting guides we all seek?gentle yet firm, wise yet adventurous, curious yet convicted. In The Lifegiving Parent, the Clarksons faithfully lead us all into a deeper, more meaningful exploration of Christian parenting through personal lessons, biblical insights, and practical teachings. To read this book is to sit down to a treasured mentorship, Yorkshire Tea in hand. Erin Loechner, blogger at DesignForMankind.com and author of Chasing SlowWith a beautiful balance of biblical teaching, practicality, and an understanding of the challenges parenting brings, Clay and Sally Clarkson?s latest endeavor offers thought-provoking insights and reflections on their parenting journey. Moms and dads can mutually benefit from the reminder that passing along the gospel to their children isn?t about following a formula but about a parent?s authentic relationship with God overflowing into every aspect of family life. Part handbook, part manifesto, this book offers ideas for actionable steps to nurture our children?s hearts, warming them to the life-giving love of Christ. Laura Wifler and Emily Jensen, cohosts of Risen Mothe