How many parenting books have you read? I’d venture to guess more than a few. I know I have. As parents, we desire to raise our children well. We want to train them up in the “discipline and instruction of the Lord” (Eph. 6:4). We want to love and care for them in the best ways possible. We want to do all we can to help them grow and mature into godly young men and women.
The question is, just how do we do that? “How?” has been the biggest question in my own parenting. From the moment my oldest came into the world, I wanted to know “How?”
How do I best train and discipline my children?
How do I help them navigate hardships?
How do I know what to say and do in specific situations?
Over the years, I kept returning to how my Father in heaven parents me. As I encountered behavioral challenges, I was reminded of my own sinful heart and the ways in which God teaches and trains me to follow after him. When I found myself impatient at having to repeat the same instruction, yet again, I remembered how often the Lord is patient with my own slowness to learn. In all these ways and more, I found myself looking to my Father as my source of parenting wisdom.
Like Our Father explores the ways in which God parents us. And because we are his image bearers, we get to image him to our children in the ways we parent them. What an opportunity! As parents, we are often the first ones to introduce our children to their Father in heaven. What might it look like to show our children the Father in how we parent them? That’s what I attempt to unpack in the book. I look at how God is consistent with us, how he provides for us, how he teaches us, how he loves us, and more.
Here is what a few readers are saying about Like Our Father:
Christina Fox doesn’t just offer a parenting “how to” manual, but instead paints a beautiful picture of how our Heavenly Father parents us, slowly shaping us into a conduit of his love and grace as we learn to parent our own children in his strength. Lay down the heavy burden of needing to know “how” to be the parent you long to be and soak in the pages of this book which will draw your eyes upward to know and rest in the One who has everything you need.
—Sarah Walton, Co-author of Hope When it Hurts and Together Through the Storms
Our Father, who art in heaven, help me parent these kids! Every parent knows that in order to raise healthy, loved, and spiritually mature children, we need a parenting coach. In Like Our Father, Christina Fox reminds us we already have one—our Heavenly Father! You'll walk away from this book with a fresh awe for the way God has lovingly cared for you and deep wisdom to help you raise your children rooted in His love. This is a parenting book I will read and re-read.
—Erin Davis, writer, Bible study teacher, and mother of four boys
This book surpasses parenting how-to guides, giving us practical wisdom to nurture kids in gospel truth. Christina Fox faithfully points us to the perfect parent: God himself. Get ready to see what it means to imitate our loving Father and proclaim his beloved Son to our children, fully relying on his abundant grace.
—Barbara Reaoch, author, former Director of the Children’s Division at Bible Study Fellowship International
In a world full of prescriptive strategies that don’t go the distance, Like Our Father offers an invitation to discover the “why” of parenting instead of the “how.” Understanding the multidimensional glory of God as Father shapes both parent and child toward the ultimate aim of parenting--being more conformed to His image.
—Karen Hodge, Coordinator of Women’s Ministries for the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) and author of Transformed: Life-taker to Life-giver and Life-giving Leadership
Like Our Father releases March 2. Reserve your copy today! Click here to learn more. Stay tuned to learn how you can help spread the word about the book’s release and join the launch team.
