Free Whit's End Mealtime Devotions: 90 Faith-Building Ideas Your Kids Will Eat Up! (Adventures In Odyssey Books) Ebooks Online
Your family’s gathered around the table. What’s on the menu? Cold stares? Stale prayers? The same old leftover questions about “what happened at school today”? Next time you sit down to eat, enjoy some spiritual food too! Get everyone talking―and learning―with the nourishment of Whit’s End Mealtime Devotions! Encourage quality family time and pass on a strong spiritual heritage with these 90 devotions created to engage children in fun, lively, productive dialogue.
Series: Adventures in Odyssey Books
Paperback: 112 pages
Publisher: Focus on the Family (April 1, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1589976762
ISBN-13: 978-1589976764
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.4 x 8.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
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Age Range: 5 - 12 years
Grade Level: Kindergarten - 7
If you're familiar at all with Focus on the Family, you'll know they are a trustworthy source of character and relationship building resources that are practical and incorporate a Christian worldview. I was excited and nervous to have the chance to review their book "Whit's End Mealtime Devotions." Excited because it is from Focus on the Family (we know it will be good) and my kids enjoy Adventures in Odyssey cartoons. Nervous because agreeing to review it meant I would actually have to commit to using it: doing devotions with my whole family at the same time in the same place (dinner table).I'm not against devotions, but I fail to do structured devotional time. Being a homeschooling family, we are always on the lookout for those "teachable moments" when a life lesson about the Lord, following Jesus' example, a virtue, (or even math or science) etc. can be jumped into at the spur of the moment- giving our kids an actual application on the spot for something we teach them.But, we do all eat meals together; that is very important to us. The idea of sparking up meaningful conversation and giving a structured devotional another shot was appealing. There are benefits to having conversations with the entire family present and "on the same page." Our current conversation, if you could call it that, was mostly inclusive of my husband and I taking turns scolding the 3 and 6 year old boys for misbehaving while sitting next to each other on the bench.I was also skeptical that our almost 13 year old daughter would do anything aside from roll her eyes at this "little kids" devotional. Would the 3 year old be able to participate at all?
I am a big fan of Adventures of Odyssey so I was pleased to read Whit's End Mealtime Devotions. I kept this book in the kitchen so it was available quickly at breakfast, lunch or dinner. Each devotion is one page. It has five sections - Mealtime Prayer, Appetizer, Main Course, Table Talk and Vitamins and Minerals.The Mealtime Prayer section starts you off with a prayer related to the topic. In the Appetizer you will be asked a question to get a taste of what is to come. Then the Main Course gives you God through scripture references and more questions. After you have "eaten" your Main Course then you will review with questions in Table Talk so all that good stuff can digest and work its way into your system. Of course, you need Vitamins and Minerals which is a scripture that will nourish you long after the "meal" is done.The devotions worked great for us. Did we go through all the sections every time? No. Sometimes we got stopped at the Main Course because the discussion was longer than expected. Other times we read and talk about all the sections in the devotions.One of my favorite devotions in this book is the one titled "Got Milk?".Appetizer - Did you know that cows are good for more than milk and steaks? What else comes from cows?Main Course - Follow the milk on your table backward to see where it comes from....God is responsible for the milk in your glass...He is the ultimate Provider!Table Talk - What else ultimately comes from God?You should get the book to enjoy the rest of Got Milk? and other devotions. The devotions are divided into Any Day Mealtime Devotions, Holiday Devotions and Theme Devotions.
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