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Grandparents have a significant role to play in forming the faith of their adult children and grandchildren, yet many do not feel empowered or equipped to do so. Faith Begins @Home Grandparents is an easy-to-use resource that starts from square one and ends in a 24/7 lifestyle of family faith. Here, grandparents will find step-by-step tips and true-life stories that provide the inspiration, motivation, and practical knowledge needed to engage in the faith lives and faith formation of their children and grandchildren.

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Publié par	Baker Publishing Group
Date de parution	19 mai 2014
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781441266408
Langue	English

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PRAISE FOR
Faith Begins @ Home
GRANDPARENTS
Outside of mom and dad, grandparents are the people most likely to lead a young boy or girl to faith in Jesus Christ. Mark Holmen offers a wonderful primer to help grandparents embrace this awesome and wonderful privilege.
Jim Daly
President, Focus on the Family
There has never been a more important time for grandparents to play a significant role in the life and faith development of their families. All studies show that a grandparent’s influence in the life of his or her grandchildren is extremely significant. Mark Holmen is one of the central figures and leaders in helping families thrive spiritually around the world. This booklet is beautifully written and incredibly practical. Grandparents finally have a wonderful resource to help them impact the faith of their family.
Jim Burns, Ph.D
President, HomeWord
Author, Faith Conversations for Families and Confident Parenting
Every generation benefits from leaders who challenge it to reach for excellence. Mark’s life experiences have equipped him to be an insightful leader who calls readers to action. His message is powerful and simple: We need more “faith at home.” I hope to hear Mark proclaim this message for many years to come. I thoroughly endorse and support him in his vision to establish “faith at home” in households around the world!
Ken Canfield, Ph.D.
Founder, National Center for Fathering
In many families, the generations are fragmented and disconnected—and the forces of evil could not be happier. It is time for a grandparenting reformation! This book is filled with encouragement, biblical vision and practical ways you can impact the generations of your family for Christ
Dr. Rob Rienow
Founder, Visionary Family Ministries
www.VisionaryFam.com

2014 Mark Holmen
Published by Bethany House Publishers 11400 Hampshire Avenue South Bloomington, Minnesota 55438 www.bethanyhouse.com
Bethany House Publishers is a division of Baker Publishing Group, Grand Rapids, Michigan. www.bakerpublishinggroup.com
Bethany House Publishers edition published 2014
ISBN 978-1-4412-6640-8
Previously published by Regal Books
Ebook edition originally created 2014
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means-for example, electronic, photocopy, recording-without the prior written permission of the publisher. The only exception is brief quotations in printed reviews.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
This book is dedicated to the memory of my mom, Myrne Jeannette Holmen, who was tragically killed in a car accident in May of 2013. She was taking her normal weekly journey to a nearby town to run errands when a semitruck ran through a stop sign leaving her no where to go but to collide into the side of his truck. She battled violently for eight days before she went to be with the Lord on May 2 of 2013. I was able to be with her, holding her hand, as she took her last breath—something for which I will always be grateful.
My mom was the epitome of Faith@Home and I wouldn’t be the missionary, husband, father, pastor, speaker or writer that I am without her constant unconditional love and steady encouraging and supportive influence. If you wanted to see a Faith@Home person you needed to look no further than Myrne Holmen as spending just five minutes with her would leave you feeling blessed and encouraged. One of the greatest examples of this was showcased by the people who attended her celebration of life service that included not only family and friends, but everyday people who were influenced by her, including the pharmacy workers, local gallery owners who closed their store to attend, bank attendants and her favorite waitress!
If the ministry of Faith @Home or this book is a blessing to you then you have two people to thank; our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and my mom Myrne Holmen. A designated fund has been established in her memory that will be used to underwrite international and/or urban ministry Faith@Home outreach events or seminars. My mom had a passion to see the Faith@Home message spread both internationally and into urban environments. She always wished she could travel with me on many of my international trips. If you would like to give a love offering to Faith@Home Ministries, in honor of Myrne Holmen to spread the Faith@Home message into urban and international environments, simply make your check payable to Faith@Home Ministries (the MJH Fund) and mail it to 37483 Deer Ridge Drive, Crosslake, MN 56442. Thank you.
Introduction

1. 1-2 Knockout Punch

2. Influencing the Influencers

3. Overcoming Roadblocks

4. Game Time

5. Even If They Stray, You Stay

Acknowledgments
One of the blessings of being a pastor and speaker is connecting with so many wonderful people across the country and world. It seems that each time I speak, preach or lead a seminar I will have a few individuals come up to me and share an experience that they have had with implementing some sort of faith at home principle with their children or grandchildren. Over the years I have had the opportunity to write numerous books for parents where I have been able to utilize some of those stories and insights.

• Faith Begins at Home
• Faith Begins@Home Mom— my wife Maria wrote this one
• Faith Begins@Home Dad
• Faith Begins@Home Prayer
• Faith Begins@Home Devotions
• Faith Begins@Home Family
• Impress Faith on Your Kids
Over the past three years I have seen a greater number of grandparents coming to my parenting seminars seeking wisdom or tips from me for how to become a greater spiritual influence in the lives of their adult children and grandchildren. Their participation has opened my eyes to the realities they face and it has given me a chance to hear some of their wonderful stories, experiences and examples. This book gives me a chance to delve into the topic of being a faith at home focused grandparent who is actively engaged in the faith formation of children and grandchildren and to share some of the wonderful insights and ideas I have collected over the years. So whether you are a first-time or long-time grandparent, grandparent-to-be or grandparent-type person who is an aunt, uncle, godparent, etc., who is interested in discovering practical ways to become a strong spiritual influence in the lives of children, then this book is for you!
I recently received a phone call from my sister. She excitedly shared with me the following: “Mark, I just got a call from Noah and his wife asking me if I would be the godmother for their newborn daughter.” My sister, at the time, was a fifty-three-old single woman who had been a long time friend for Noah and his parents. Yet it still came as quite a surprise to her when she was asked to be the godmother. “I’m so excited that they want me to play a role in their daughter’s life, and yet I’m wondering what I should do? What does it mean to be godmother?”
Thankfully, this was not the first time I had been asked this question. However, when it is your sister, you always feel a little more pressure to come through with a good answer. I simply shared with her the following advice. “You have been given a huge opportunity to be a long-term spiritual influence in the life of this child. One simple thing you can do is to make the anniversary date of your godchild’s dedication/infant baptism a special date between you and her. Celebrate this date every year by sending her a spiritual gift just as you would send her a birthday gift on her birthday. As she grows older continue to utilize this day as a time to take her to dinner or a movie and continue to pour spiritual wisdom and gifts into her life. Claim the dedication/infant baptism date as your day to spoil her spiritually with gifts and/or resources that will help her grow in her relationship with Jesus Christ.” When I finished speaking, you could hear the relief in my sister’s voice as she said, “Now that’s something I can do and I’m going to do it!”
When Gospel Light and I agreed on this book, a part of me was wondering if I was qualified to write it. I’m not a grandparent yet and don’t plan to be one for a while as my daughter is only seventeen (did you hear that Malyn?). Yet in spite of these misgivings, I felt clearly called by God to write this booklet based on the number of grandparents I have encountered and talked to over my years in ministry, first as a pastor and then as a missionary to the Faith@Home movement. I pray this booklet will be a blessing not only to grandparents, but grandparents-to-be, aunts, uncles and anyone who is in a “grandparent-type” position or role in the life of a child. I’m targeting this book to you.
One of the studies that changed my life and perspective was the Significant Religious Influences survey from Effective Christian Education: A National Study of Protestant Congregations by Search Institute. 1 The purpose of this survey was to identify the people and things that influence children to have faith in Christ. The top two influencers were mom and dad, but guess what number three was? Grandparents! Numerous studies have been done since and they confirm these findings which, if you think about it, make grandparents the most influential people when it comes to passing on faith to the next generations. Why are grandparents the most influential? First and foremost they are still mom and dad, which means they maintain that primary influencer role in the lives of their children even when they are adults. Then as grandparents they are the next most influential people in the faith formation of children.