Pass It On: Building a Legacy of Faith for Your Children
Our homeschool is called Legacy Academy. I chose the name because one of the main goals I have is to build a legacy of love and learning for my girls. Finding meaningful and purposeful ways to pass on my faith is a big part of that. That’s why I wanted to read and review Pass It On: Building a Legacy of Faith for Your Children by Jim Burns and Jeremy Lee.
About the Book
Parents often experience a “freak out” moment when they realize their children’s view of God will primarily come from what they learn at home.
Most parents spend more time helping their kids succeed at academics or athletics than infusing shared spiritual experiences into the rhythm of everyday family life.
While the idea of strategically passing down our faith can seem intimidating, the annual Rites of Passage Experiences contained in Pass It On make it easy for your family to celebrate milestones from kindergarten through high school graduation. Forever change the direction of your family’s spiritual legacy . . . starting now!
About the Authors
Jim Burns is president of HomeWord and executive director of the HomeWord Center for Youth and Family at Azusa Pacific University. He has more than 1.5 million resources in print and a radio broadcast heard on 800 stations a day. Jim resides in Southern California with his wife Cathy and their three daughters. *** || *** Jeremy Lee is the founder of ParentMinistry.Net, a subscription-based service for children and youth ministry workers. He was on the writing team for the Simple Truth Bible from Group Publishing and the Ignite Study Bible from Thomas Nelson Publishers. Jeremy lives in Nashville with his wife and children.Find out more about Jim Burns at http://www.davidccook.com.My Thoughts
I love the emphasis on quality family time (quality time happens to be my primary love language) and making meaningful memories together. As I have always believed, relationship is key to winning the hearts of our children and sharing our faith.
The authors suggest Rites of Passage experiences to do each year from kindergarten through graduation. It’s meant to be a developmental and cumulative experience through the years. This is a unique approach that I haven’t seen in other books. They take the child’s emotional, physical, and spiritual development into account when suggesting activities. I appreciate that the ideas are age-appropriate and in well thought out progression.
It did seem to be directed toward those whose children are in public school. The authors stressed taking personal responsibility for passing on our faith to our children rather than leaving it to someone else. As a homeschool mom, the buck stops here. Much of the book covered things I’m already intentional about anyway. I do think it’s helpful to have guidance when you’re not sure where to begin or stuck for an idea on how to celebrate or express certain aspects of our faith, in addition to reading the Bible together. The book gives ideas for demonstrating faith tangibly, like service projects, bestowing blessings, strengthening worldview and identity, purity, generosity, and even time management routines to benefit the whole family and make sure that time is set aside for growing in faith.
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