Last Updated on September 12, 2025
Do you know that amazing phenomenon that occurs when you hear a tune from a decade ago, and magically every single word of the song comes flowing back into your head?
You smell the past smells, you feel all the past feels, and the lyrics roll off your tongue as you’re instantly transported back to a time when the music echoed into your heart. It amazes me every time.
What if there was a way that the Word of God could blast back into the heads and hearts of our children when they heard a song, smelled a smell, danced, or came across a familiar experience? #Momgoals, right?
Ever since COVID-19, this has been my mothering mantra: Explore the Gospel in a creative way. So that it just might stick for years and years to come.
Bring God’s Word to everyday moments
During the homebound months of the pandemic, we started our mornings with breakfast and Bibles. Everyone came to the table with something yummy, and we read from Indescribable by Louie Giglio.
We would learn a cool science fact that connected to a Bible verse, and we would repeat it all day. Now, with busy schedules and school buses to catch, this isn’t something my family can do anymore. But what can we do?
We can still have a verse for the week—powerful words taped up on bathroom mirrors or written on sticky notes made for lunch boxes and lockers. Literally sticking to their days! See it, read it, learn it, believe it!
“These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.“
Deuteronomy 6:6–9 (NIV)
Another thing we did during our homeschooling year that was fun and successful was taking the Gospel “on the road.” Meaning, once we heard the Word, we put it into action.
Sometimes this looked like a song, a dance, or a cheer. This is the reason that we all still know the fruits of the Spirit like the back of our hands.
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.” Galatians 5:22–23 (NIV)
Other times, we grabbed art supplies and got our hands dirty. We once crafted and colored cute paper houses, went outside and dug up rocks from the backyard, and then put everything together.
Doing this activity is a reason we will always know that a house built on God’s solid foundation can withstand any storms.
“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.”
—Matthew 7:24-27 (ESV)
This might also not be feasible now with a house full of teens and toddlers. But what can be done is simply listening to Christian music in the car and spending whatever time you’ve been given together in His love.
Kids are crazy candid when they talk in the car! Take advantage of the “forced” situation and really listen. My children crave that one-on-one time, and it makes a lasting impression.
Looking for more ideas for growing creative faith in your kids? Read this next: Helping Our Kids Grow in Faith
Choose Faith-Filled Entertainment for Your Family
Something else we started and have continued in our family is being intentional with what we watch together.
There are many forms of entertainment vying for our attention—so many of which are not constructive for our children’s heads or hearts.
However, cuddling together during a good, wholesome, faith-based family movie and experiencing a character’s spiritual rollercoaster can help tackle our own issues at home.
These are visual representations for our children of how clinging to God’s promises and never-ending love can take you through any battle you face—the most important message for them to learn in life.
(Our favorites? Overcomer, Facing the Giants, A Week Away, The Star, and I Can Only Imagine, to name a few.)
“Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.” —Proverbs 22:6
Make Family Prayer a Habit
Lastly, a quick way we finish our days is to say a 3-2-1 prayer:
- 3. “Thank you for _____,”
- 2. “I’m sorry for ____,” and
- 1. “Please help me in _____.”
This is a beautiful way to model prayer in your children’s lives—starting with an attitude of gratitude first and foremost, leading into acknowledging any wrongs, and finishing with a spirit of newness.
Spending moments together in God’s Word has given our family something to truly grasp and hold onto long after a Sunday service, further into the work week, and even deep into our hearts.
Another wonderful resource, created from the desire to bring families closer together in their faith, is my newest book, Growing with God. It’s a 52-week family devotional, filled with verses, short stories, quick prayers, fun activities, and deep discussion questions—all in hopes of nurturing what’s discovered between the pages of the Bible and having it grow deeply between the walls of our hearts and homes… and beyond.