Faith at Home is a national campaign that builds on the work of Growing Faith and Everyday Faith to support the faith development and pastoral care of children and young people.
In many ways our lives have been put on hold, but our spiritual lives don’t have to be. In fact, I would suggest that during this quarantine we have a unique opportunity to accelerate our spiritual growth.
Here are three simple ways to accelerate your spiritual growth in this unprecedented time.
1. Daily Bible Reading and Prayer – I know that seems obvious, but if you’re anything like me, consistency in these areas is a constant battle, and now would be a great time to strengthen those devotional muscles.
2. Family Devotions: Spending 15 to 20 minutes after dinner or before bed reading a Bible passage and discussing it with your children is enormously beneficial for the whole family – especially during this pandemic, which can be scary and confusing for kids.
3. Attend Sacrament together
It seeks to provide:
- Experiences that inspire parents and families to grow in faith together in the ‘new daily normal’ of the home
- Resources that equip children and young people to explore faith together and feel supported pastorally as part of school and church communities
- Networks that connect school leaders, church leaders, chaplains to share great practise and build community together focused on the faith development of children and young people
Why the home?
Home is both a place and feeling. It is where we eat, where we sleep, where we find ourselves at the start and end of our day. Home is where we can feel the strongest sense of belonging, where we can feel connected to ‘our people’, where we can feel part of ‘our tribe’. It can also be a place of doubt, questions, loneliness and fear. While talking about being the vine, Jesus invites us to be at home in him, as he is at home in us (John 15:1-4 MSG). We are invited to imagine that we are sharing our everyday lives with each other and with God, intertwined by love as a community of growing faith.