DOUBLE Book Review: It's Good to Be a Boy/Girl

Thankfully, our friends at The Good Book For Children have a great pair of books to remind kids (and parents) that we can celebrate all that God made boys and girls to be. Champ Thornton tackled It’s Good to Be a Boy, and Jen and Zoe Oshman (a mother-daughter team up!) put together It’s Good to Be a Girl. Both books are beautifully illustrated by Hsulynn Pang. While each book dives into a particular gender, they’re laid out similarly and have their own catchy rhyme that’s repeated through the text for readers to latch on to.

Books, DiscipleshipTrey KullmanAugust 21, 2026Book Review

Book Review: Arlo and the Keep-Out Club

Our defining moments may start with a quiet conversation with a friend, an unexpected test result, or in the case of Betsy Childs Howard’s latest Arlo and the Keep-Out Club, a run-of-the-mill trip to the playground with your dad.

BooksTrey KullmanApril 15, 2025Book Review, Parenting, Children's MinistryComment

Five Things I Love About You Count!

You Count! is the latest release from our friend Champ Thornton. Looking at the cover gives you a very clear idea of what this book is. It’s a simple, rhyming board book that walks kids and parents through a countdown from five to help them calm down.

BooksTrey KullmanFebruary 13, 2024Book Review, ParentingComment

Six Things I Love About The REALLY Radical Book for Kids

Unless you’re holding an armful of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle action figures, The Really Radical Book for Kids will almost certainly be the most radical thing in your house. Here are the six things I love about this book that make it a must-have for parents of elementary/middle school aged kids.

Devotional, DiscipleshipTrey KullmanMay 5, 2023Book ReviewComment

Book Review: The Light Before Christmas

Marty Machowski has a new devo ready for my family (and potentially yours!) to work through this holiday season. The Light Before Christmas is his latest from New Growth Press, and serves as a concise, easy to use devotional book that will walk through the entire Advent season one week at a time.

BooksTrey KullmanDecember 6, 2022Christmas2022, Book Review, AdventComment

Book Review: Chloe and the Closet of Secrets

A review of Chloe and the Closet of Secrets, a great new kids book from Ginger Hubbard and Al Roland about lying. It’s brilliant, funny, full of rhymes, and provides a great way to start talking to your kids about lying, the trouble lies cause, and the freedom and grace that come with confession.

BooksTrey KullmanNovember 17, 2022Gift Guide, Book ReviewComment

Book Review: Bridging theory and practice in children’s spirituality

Children’s ministry scholarship as a whole has swung from what I might describe as a Classical education model across the bow to something that looks more and more like a Montessori-style model of Christian education. What should we think of these process-oriented approaches to children’s discipleship?

Children's Ministry, BooksJared KennedyMay 3, 2021Book ReviewComment

Why every Christian should care about family ethics

Because every person is part of a family, it’s essential that every Christian be able to navigate issues of family ethics with a rooted and biblical frame of reference.

Family MinistryJared KennedyFebruary 23, 2021Family Ethics, Parenting, Marriage, Gender, Book Review, ContraceptionComment

Book Review: Fierce Marriage by Ryan and Selena Frederick

MarriagePat AldridgeJune 4, 2018Marriage, Book Review, BooksComment