Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Building Healthy Family Culture

I am so excited to see this brand new resource to help us build up strong homes:

To Survive and Prosper: It’s Time to Think Strategically
About Your Children, Your Household, and Your Family Culture!

strat-e-gies: The art of devising or employing plans or stratagems toward a goal.

If you are a Christian parent living in the twenty-first century, you need to think strategically about your family. Settling for the priorities and practices of the world is a proven formula for disaster. As parents, we must do more than settle. We must self-consciously choose. This requires strategic biblical thinking. It means self-consciously building your family culture. And whether the subject is entertainment choices, home décor, travel, music in the home, or dealing with antagonistic relatives, it means that wise, Scripturally-informed parents must think creatively as they aggressively engage impediments and obstacles to success.


A 20-Week Energy Boost of Strategic Thinking and Encouragement from Doug and Beall Phillips

These are the weekly messages from Doug and Beall that are included:

How to Organize Your Home to Promote Family Unity
How to Cultivate a Love of Reading with Your Children
    How to Prepare for a Year of Home Education
    How to Take Children Safely Through an Airport
    How to Involve the Whole Family in Family Worship
    How to Encourage Masculinity in Sons
    How to Encourage Femininity in Daughters
    How to Wage War on Sibling Rivalry
    How to Use Household Decorations to Teach Character
    How to Talk to Your Children about Miscarriage
    How to Involve the Whole Family in Hospitality
    How to Build an Entrepreneurial Spirit in Your Children
    How to Watch a Movie As a Family
    How to Cultivate a Love of Meaningful Poetry with Your Children, and Why Doing So Is Important
    How to Prepare Your Children to Listen to a Symphony
    How to Take a Road Trip with Your Family
    How to Select the Best Locations for Family Vacationsand more!
    As the parents of eight children and the founders of Vision Forum Ministries, Doug and Beall Phillips have spent the last decade collecting and implementing helpful strategies for building a strong, safe, and visionary family culture.

    Now, beginning Tuesday, February 28, they will be sharing some of the most practical and proven strategies for building a vibrant family culture through their new 20-week, 30-minute episodes audio series called Family Strategies. 

    Listen to the new Audio Samples here.
    If you order by February 28 you will save $10, plus receive two bonus messages as a free gift.
    This is a 20-message series sent directly to your inbox each week for less than $5 per message. But make sure you order by February 28, as that price will go up! With your order confirmation email, they will also send you coupons to download two important, family-affirming bonus messages for FREE:

    Victories: Moments Small and Large Which Define Christian Parenting,
    and How to Evaluate a Suitor.


    For about the price of a fancy cup of coffee, you can get real, weekly encouragement  from Doug and Beall in which they share their favorite and best strategies for building family unity.

    Click here to order Family Strategies.


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    Dear Readers, it is an honor to share valuable resources on this blog to help you build stronger homes to the glory of God!  I thought I would also mention that Vision Forum also has godly resources for children:




    V is for Von Trapp: A Musical Family Alphabet
    and
    Teach Them to Your Children: An Alphabet of Biblical Poems, Verses and Stories


    Priced at $17.00 but is now on sale at only $8.50
    and you can click here to browse more.




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    5 comments:

    1. What a wonderful resource for families. What a time saver, having all this info coming from one place. We learned from various ministries, and Christian friends, I can see this being so helpful to so many!

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    2. This sounds like a great series.

      In the description of one section, they use the term "jive talking". Since that is a 70's term here is the meaning from Wikipedia:
      "African American Vernacular English also called African American English; less precisely Black English, Black Vernacular. Non-linguists sometimes call it Ebonics (a term that also has other meanings or strong connotations) or jive or jive-talk."

      This term can be jolting for some, however, I think their intentions are good. With the hip-hop/urban culture crossing color/ethnic lines, all children are now speaking "jive".

      I agree, being a great communicator is important. Yes kids, please learn to articulate your ideas and thoughts without the MTV vocabulary... two thumbs up!!

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    3. I just have to add that Teach Them to Your Children is my favorite devotional for small children! We have had it for several years and love it!

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    5. Hello June,
      Just wanted to make sure you knew of the coupon from Vision Forum for 25.00 off anything 75.00 or more. I believe this is good til Feb. 28. So the new series will only be 60.00 with the coupon. Woo Hoo!! I was going to order it earlier this morning, but I hesitated. Now I'm glad I waited.
      Hope you have a wonderful day,
      Teresa

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