{"id":2119,"date":"2017-11-14T10:48:46","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T15:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/?p=2119"},"modified":"2017-11-14T10:48:46","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T15:48:46","slug":"this-child-of-faith-read-this-one-and-weep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/this-child-of-faith-read-this-one-and-weep\/","title":{"rendered":"This Child of Faith: “Read this one and weep.”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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How do you help a child have faith\u2014real faith that they own\u2014in the challenging world we live in today?<\/h1>\n

\u201cIn this beautiful and timely memoir, mother and son share insights from a family\u2019s spiritual awakening, a journey that led to a deep experience of God and a new way of life in the world. Not only do they offer practical advice on faith formation, but they tackle a difficult question: How does faith prepare us not only life\u2019s joys but for its most shocking tragedies?\u00a0The answer is deceptively simple: by paying attention to the Spirit and trusting one another.\u00a0Read this one and weep.\u00a0And discover the hope of a child.\u201d<\/em>
\n\u2014Diana Butler Bass<\/strong>, Author,\u00a0Grounded: Finding God in the World, A Spiritual Revolution
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\n<\/em>Tain Gregory was present in his third-grade classroom on the morning of the Sandy Hook shootings. As part of the healing process for the community after the tragedy Tain was asked, \u201cWhat\u2019s the most important thing in the world to you?\u201d His mother expected an answer about a video game or Pok\u00e9mon trading card. Tain thinks for a moment then answers with one word. \u201cGod.\u201d Until that moment, his mother had no idea how close to the surface his faith existed.<\/p>\n

Taking the events of that tragic day, but also the years preceding it, and the days of recovery and healing that followed, Sophfronia\u00a0and Tain\u00a0share stories, experiences and ideas to help parents get to the heart of the question:<\/p>\n

How do you help a child have faith\u2014real faith that they own\u2014in the challenging world we live in today?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cIn this unblinkingly honest and tender work, Sophfronia Scott and her son, Tain, share their journey of faith…. Sophfronia gently models how to nurture the innate spirituality and faith of a child. In doing so, her own faith grows and deepens as well…. This Child of Faith<\/i><\/a> doesn\u2019t claim to know all the answers, but it serves as a moving testimony to the power of faith when a family\u00a0embarks upon the journey together.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Rev. Andrea Raynor<\/strong>, author of Incognito: Lost and Found at Harvard Divinity School<\/em><\/p>\n

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