Biblical Wisdom for Modern Families: A Guide to Discipling Children Every Day
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TULSA, Okla., Jan. 28, 2025 -- As parents increasingly struggle to integrate faith into their children's daily lives, Terrie Hellard-Brown introduces Up, Down, and All Around: A Handbook for Discipling Our Children Based on Deuteronomy 6, a transformative resource that bridges the gap between Biblical wisdom and modern family life.
Drawing from the timeless principles of Deuteronomy 6, this comprehensive guidebook offers families a full year of engaging spiritual formation activities, combining hands-on learning with deep Biblical truth. The book features 52 interactive object lessons, 52 parent devotionals, and 52 practical parenting tips, creating a three-dimensional approach to family discipleship.
" Many parents tell me they feel overwhelmed by the idea of teaching faith to their children. Up, Down, and All Around gives them a simple, actionable way to begin," says Terrie Hellard-Brown. "This handbook provides a practical roadmap for turning everyday moments – from breakfast conversations to bedtime routines – into opportunities for spiritual growth."
Key features of Up, Down, and All Around include:
Age-appropriate adaptations for children from preschool through early teens
Weekly object lessons that transform ordinary household items into powerful teaching tools
Parent devotionals that deepen adults' understanding of Biblical principles
Practical parenting tips that help families apply spiritual truths in daily life
Easy-to-follow formats that fit busy family schedules
Activities for outdoors, indoors, in the car, bedtime, bath-time, and more
Up, Down, and All Around is available now through Amazon and www.terriehellardbrown.com. The book retails for $22.70 and is available in both paperback and digital formats.
About the Author: Empowering families to disciple the next generation every day and everywhere is Terrie Hellard-Brown’s mission. Her podcast, “Sparking Everyday Discipleship” focuses on discipleship in the 21st century, great books, and how Christians can spark important conversations with their children.
As a writer, speaker, missionary, and mom, Terrie is passionate about equipping others to live a Biblical Worldview and follow Christ with their whole hearts.
For media inquiries, review copies, or interview requests, please contact:contact Gregg Wooding, I AM PR, gregg@iampronline.com or 972-567-7660.
Terrie Hellard-Brown
Biography
Empowering families to disciple the next generation every day and everywhere is Terrie Hellard-Brown’s mission. Sparking Everyday Discipleship, the podcast hosted by Terrie Hellard-Brown focuses on discipleship in the 21st Century, great books, and sparking important conversations with our children. Terrie is a writer, speaker, missionary, and mom with a BA in sociology and psychology, an MA in education, and is currently working on her DMin.
Terrie's Mission:
To equip Christians to disciple others
To empower parents to mentor and disciple their children
To encourage Christians in their walk with God
To inspire excellence in education, faith, and creativity
To emphasize resources and books supporting a Christian worldview
Her books include:
Up, Down, and All Around: A Handbook for Discipling Our Children Based on Deuteronomy 6
Building Character Through Picture Books: 25 Family Devotions Based on Favorite Picture Books
World of Pancakes (a picture book on flexibility and culture and including recipes from around the world)
Izzy’s Notebook (a picture book about forgiveness, Harper and Izzy, Best Friends Forever Series: Living the One Anothers)
Drandar the Dragon Knight (chapter book about being who God created us to be).
Terrie creates jewelry, bookmarks, and mini books (décor) with biblical and literature themes.
Her writing has appeared in Starlight Magazine, Upper Room, and Inspire Christian Writers Anthologies and blog.
Suggested Interview Questions
1. Why are you so passionate about discipleship?
2. How is 21st century discipleship different from how we’ve been doing discipleship in the past decades?
3. How do busy parents seize teachable moments?
4. What is a defining moment, and how do parents use those to help shape their children’s identity in Christ?
5. “Discipleship” seems like an old-fashioned word. Why do you choose to use it most of the time instead of “mentoring” or “spiritual formation”?
6. What is discipleship, and why should parents focus on discipling their children?
7. Is church attendance really that important?
8. Can parents really accomplish everyday discipleship every day?
9. You talk a lot about the “T’s” of discipleship. What are they?
10. Why do you emphasize conversation?
11. What would you say to parents who feel it’s too late to disciple or spiritually influence their children?
12. Why use object lessons to teach our kids?
13. How can I use picture books to teach my kids spiritual lessons?
14. When should I start discipling my children?
15. Deuteronomy 6:4-9 is at the center of your focus. Why is the Shema so important, and what does it mean in these verses and in the Bible? How does that relate to discipleship?
16. So, talking and listening are central to discipleship? Surely, it’s more than that.
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