Habits of the Household: Practicing the Story of God in Everyday Family Rhythms
Discover simple habits and easy-to-implement daily rhythms that will help you find meaning beyond the chaos of family life as you create a home where kids and parents alike practice how to love God and each other.
Parenting happens in habits. We make meals, get in cars, answer questions, discipline, and do bedtime. Habits of The Household shows how these ordinary routines are extraordinary opportunities to live out the love of God in profound ways.
In this book, you will find the tools you need to create structure - from mealtimes to bedtimes - that free you to parent toddlers, kids, and teens with purpose, and discover spiritual meaning in otherwise mundane moments.
Learn how to:
- Develop a bedtime liturgy to settle your little ones and ground them in God's love
- Discover a new framework for discipline as discipleship
- Reexamine screentime through the lens of spiritual formation
- Acquire simple practices for more regular and meaningful family mealtimes
- Introduce your children to biblical rhythms of work, play and rest
- Develop a custom age chart for your family to more intentionally plan your shared years under the same roof
Each chapter in Habits of the Household ends with practical patterns, prayers, or liturgies that your family can put into practice right away. As you create liberating rhythms around your everyday routines, you will find your family has a greater sense of peace and purpose as your home becomes a place where, above all, you learn how to love.
"This gem of a book is what I want to give to absolutely every family I know. Earley hands us transformational hope for every family with these practical and gospel-saturated pages. I couldn't put it down."
—Ann Voskamp, author of One Thousand Gifts
"This book suggests ways that people like you and me ... can build habits to equip our families for the lifelong pilgrimage toward Home.”
—Russell Moore, Christianity Today
Format: Paperback