Books

Batchelder, David. All Through the Day, All Through the Year. (2000, Augsburg Fortress). A wonderful guide to family prayer and celebrations.

Cronin, Gaynell & Rathschmidt, Jack. The Blessing Candles: 58 Simple Mealtime Celebrations. (2000, St. Anthony Messenger Press)
Simple rituals that can be used as blessings for everyday and special occasions or needs.

Caldwell, Elizabeth. Making a Home for Faith: Nurturing the Spiritual Life of Your Children. (2000, United Church Press).
A book to help parent address hard issues and questions related to faith.

McGrath, Tom. Raising Faith-Filled Kid: Ordinary Opportunities to Nuturture Spirituality at Home. (2000, Loyola Press).
Gives ways to transform hectic and ordinary moments of family life and live more deeply. See also below, McGrath's newsletter "At Home With Our Faith".

Mueller Nelson, Gertrude. To Dance With God: Family Ritual and Community Celebration. (1986, Paulist Press)
A wonderful book on how to integrate ritual into life at home.

Nelson Pallmeyer, Jack. Families Values: Parenting and Politics for the Good of All Children. (1996, Friendship Press)
A father explores how the needs of children can change personal and social priorities. Study guide available.

Curriculum

Klutterman, David L. Bringing Christ Home: A Proposal for Christian Education/Formation in the Episcopal Church. (self published). An outline for a parish based program that supports religious formation in the home.

Rish, James & Nyberg, Carol, ed. Being God's Family: A Notebook for Family Ministry in the 21st Century. (1994, Diocese of Chicago with the Episcopal Family Network)
Practical suggestions and timely information for equipping the congregation for Family Ministry.

Organizations

(All of these have a wealth of various resources available)

Parenting for Peace and Justice Network
4144 Lindell Blvd. #408
St. Louis, MO
63108ppjn@aol.com
See especially: Parenting for Peace and Justice by Kathleen and James McGinnis, Families Creating a Circle of Peace, "The Peace Papers".

The Youth and Family Institute of Augsburg College
Campus Box 70
2211 Riverside Ave.
Minneapolis, MN 55454-1351

& other resources

An online spirituality resource for families from Claretian Publishers:
www.homefaith.org, (1-800-328-6515).
Also see their newsletter for nurturing the spirituality of families "At Home with Our Faith" by Tom McGrath, published 10 times per year

A monthly newsletter for families from Twenty-Third Publications (1-800-321-0411): "Growing Faith, Growing Families".

For a variety of inexpensive pamphlets and brochures to make available to families:
Creative Communications for the Parish (1-800-325-9414)
Candle Press 303-337-6852, www.candlepress.com

Please e-mail us YOUR recommendations of books on this topic – or comments on the ones above –so we can post them on this page! lgrifo@episcopalchurch.org