By Natasha Crain I grew up in a smallish town in Arizona (about 25,000 people at the time). Almost everyone I knew fit into one of four buckets: 1) committed Christians, 2) nominal Christians, 3) those who didn’t call themselves Christians but accepted...
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8 Things Kids Should Know About Hell
By Natasha Crain Hell is probably not at the top of your list of things to talk about with your kids. On the surface, it seems to contradict all the messages about God’s love that we share with them. We worry about confusing them or having them follow Jesus out of...
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The Number One Sign Your Kids Are Just Borrowing Your Faith (and Not Developing Their Own)
By Natasha Crain The other day something reminded me of the popular 1993 book, “The Celestine Prophecy” (anyone remembers that?). “The Celestine Prophecy” is a fiction book that discusses ideas rooted in New Age spirituality. The book sold 20 million copies and...
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A Parent’s Guide to the 5 Skeptics Who Want to Shame Your Kids for Being Christian
By Natasha Crain Having blogged for over six years now, I’ve received hundreds (and hundreds) of comments and emails from skeptics of Christianity. Once in a while, I receive one from a pleasant non-believer who is truly interested in discussing evidence, asking...
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Your Kids Will Likely Have No Idea How to Choose Their Own Christian Church as Adults… and That’s a Problem
by Natasha Crain I grew up mostly in non-denominational churches, with a Baptist church or two thrown in. For all intents and purposes, my understanding of the world was that there were two types of churches: Christian and non-Christian. Easy peasy. If you gave me a...
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