by Natasha Crain The famous physicist, cosmologist, and author Stephen Hawking died this week. He was widely known as one of the most brilliant scientists of our time. He was also widely known as an atheist. In fact, many of the most famous scientists today are...
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If You’re Sick of Thoughts and Prayers Because Shootings Still Happen, You Don’t Understand Christianity
By Natasha Crain In response to the latest tragic school shooting, social media is on the warpath against anyone who dares to offer “thoughts and prayers” for the situation. Popular articles feature headlines like, “Everyone Is Finally Realizing ‘Thoughts And Prayers’...
5 Regrets You Don’t Want to Have If Your Kids Walk Away from Faith
By Natasha Crain Regret. It’s something I often hear from parents who are heartbroken that their teen or adult kids have walked away from Christianity. Whether it’s through one of my online books read along groups, private emails, blog comments, Facebook messages, or...
If Christian Moms Looked for Guidance as Much as Encouragement, Kids Would Have a Deeper Faith
By Natasha Crain I haven’t blogged in a few weeks because I’ve been especially busy since the release of Talking with Your Kids about God. Speaking events and interviews take a lot of time! But it’s been a truly encouraging few weeks, as I’ve had the opportunity to...
What Christian Parents Should Learn from the Normalize Atheism Movement
By Natasha Crain I recently encountered a movement underway on social media called “Normalize Atheism.” According to the website of the same name, the movement started a couple of years ago, but it seems to have picked up more speed recently. The basic idea is that...
Four Ways to Come Alongside Your Kids to Strengthen Their Faith
If you’re paying attention to what’s happening in America today, you’re probably aware of the challenges facing young Christians in their teens and twenties. It’s a simple fact: most young Christians will walk away from the Church during (or before) their college...
When Teens Wish They Could “Unpost” (Interview with Jonathan McKee)
Have you ever regretted something you posted on social media? Don’t feel bad, 57% of Americans who use social media have posted something they regret afterward. And that’s just adults. Now jump into the brain of a 10-year-old. Yes, a 10-year-old. Nielsen research...
10 Things to Say When Your Child Says They Don’t Believe in God Anymore
By Natasha Crain This weekend I had the wonderful opportunity to speak at the ReTHINK Student Apologetics Conference (there are more of these conferences coming—be sure to check out the link and learn about them!). I always enjoy talking to parents after speaking and...
5 Common Answers to Kids’ Questions about God That Can Do More Harm Than Good
By Natasha Crain A couple of years ago, my husband and I were invited to a dinner party with a few other new parents from our kids’ Christian elementary school. After we worked our way through appetizers and the requisite small talk, the conversation turned to our...
How Living Counter-Culturally Can Lead to Your Kids’ Resentment of Christianity
By Natasha Crain Our family just returned from a wonderful vacation to the mountains of British Columbia. It was stunningly beautiful! We spent our first day there relaxing at this picture-perfect lake: My husband and kids had a blast swimming out to a wooden...
Do Your Kids Know Why They Should WANT God to Exist?
By Natasha Crain I’ve written over 250 blog posts here since 2011. People still come across my old posts by searching for something on Google, so nearly every day I receive new comments on a wide variety of old posts. Many of the comments are from atheists. As I read...
Progressive Christianity is as Much of a Threat to Your Kids’ Faith as Atheism
By Natasha Crain In our backyard we used to have a beautiful lime tree. One day I noticed that a thorny vine of some kind had started growing around it. It looked enough like the rest of the tree that I figured it was just another stage of growth. A quick Google...
The Art of Raising Kids Who Will Not Bow to the Idol of Science
By Natasha Crain There’s a new hero in town. He’s thought to be all-powerful, always right, and everyone’s best friend. If anyone says something that could possibly be construed as being opposed to this hero, they are to be quickly shamed and put in their place. You...
For All the Moms Overwhelmed by Raising Christian Kids in a Secular World
By Natasha Crain I don’t normally write just to moms—my readers are both moms and dads—but in honor of Mother’s Day this one is specifically for all the moms out there. For the past few days, I’ve been sick with some kind of flu/cold combination. Yesterday, I pulled...
How Facebook Can Make You a Better Christian Parent
By Natasha Crain I’ve finally wrapped up my next book, taken a couple of weeks to recover, and am ready to get back to blogging! I have a lot to tell you about my new book, but it doesn’t come out until October, so I’ll wait a bit to share more about it. As I worked...
10 Things Children Should Learn About Faith
By Natasha Crain [NOTE: This post is 4 years old but continues to receive a large number of visitors from Google searches on teaching kids about faith. A lot has happened here on the blog since I wrote this–including having the opportunity to write a book that was...
5 Ways Christian Parents Fail to Prepare Their Kids to Engage with Questions of Faith and Science
By Natasha Crain I’m coming down to the final six weeks of writing my next book and am very much looking forward to being on the other side of that deadline! I’ve missed being able to blog regularly during this intense writing time, so I had to take a break today and...
How Not Letting Your Children Ask a Question Leads Them to Atheism
By Michael C. Sherrard Time and time again, I hear the story of one who has left their belief in God in the bin of their childhood memories alongside Santa Clause and the Easter Bunny. And more often than not, I’m given one reason that is quite strange. Well, it's not...
5 Attitude Changes That Will Transform Your Christian Parenting in the New Year
By Natasha Crain It’s been a few weeks since I’ve been able to write a post because my nose has been buried in writing my new book (if you’re new to the blog or missed what I’m working on, you can read about it here!). My deadline is March 1, so my ability to write...
What it Takes to Raise a Christian Child in a Country Ruled by Moral Confusion
By Natasha Crain Oh, this election. How it’s brought out the worst in everyone, including the two people running for office. As crazy as the last few months leading up to the election have been, I haven’t felt inspired to write anything about it…until now. The...