How Does God Listen?
By:Lindahl, Kay
Playfully explores with kids how God listens and how learning to listen is important.
Multicultural, Nondenominational, Nonsectarian - Endorsed by Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, and Buddhist Religious Leaders
How Does God Listen? encourages children to use all of their senses to explore and develop a personal relationship with God.
How does God listen? How do we know God is listening to us? Children will find the answers to these questions as they engage their senses while the story unfolds, learning how God listens in the wind, waves, clouds, hot chocolate, perfume, our tears, and our laughter.
The simple yet profound text, accompanied by vibrant, colorful photographs, captures the experiences common to children of all faiths and backgrounds as they begin to understand the many ways God listens to us. Filled with wisdom and love, How Does God Listen? delights the senses and expands the ways we think about God and God’s presence in our lives.
“How Do I Know that God is listening? I can’t See God.” “Well, there are lots of things we can’t see, yet we know they are there.”
How can we know that God listens to us? This lively book helps children use all of their senses to explore how God is always present in their everyday lives, and is always listening. Using simple, everyday examples to which children can relate, How Does God Listen? helps children develop a direct and personal understanding of God.
How Does God Listen? teaches children—and the rest of us—that God is everywhere, and that the world is full of wonder.
Praise for How Does God Listen?
“How old were you before somebody told you that God is revealed through two texts—through holy scripture, the Little Book, and through creation, the Big Book? These precious pages, spare in words but rich in images, will teach you and your children how to read the Big Book.” —Thomas Ryan, CSP, author of Reclaiming the Body in Christian Spiritual Practice and The Sacred Art of Fasting
“An excellent [guide] to developing a relationship with God early in life…. Reflects the longing in Kay Lindahl’s heart for peace and faith on earth.” —Rajinderjit K. Singh, East Coast president of the East and West Association of Sikh Women for Interreligious Education
“Answers ‘how does god listen’ with beauty, depth, wisdom, and clarity.” —August Gold, author of Where Does God Live? and Does God Hear My Prayer?
“What a lovely book! In listening to the questions of youngsters, this book helps children come to know the God who hears them even when they are silent.” —Sandy Eisenberg Sasso, author of God’s Paintbrush and Adam & Eve’s First Sunset: God’s New Day
About the authors: Kay Lindahl is the author of two popular books about listening for adults: The Sacred Art of Listening: Forty Reflections for Cultivating a Spiritual Practice and Practicing the Sacred Art of Listening. She is the founder of The Listening Center in Laguna Niguel, California, active in the interfaith movement, mother of seven, and grandmother of nine. Cynthia Maloney is a professional personal trainer who incorporates spiritual, holistic, and organic elements in her life and work. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
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Ten Amazing People - And How They Changed the World
By:Shaw, Maura
Ten Amazing People shows kids that spiritual people can have an exciting impact on the world around them.
Ten Amazing People uses vibrant pictures, fascinating profiles, and a wealth of intriguing information to bring to life the passion and actions of some of the past century’s greatest leaders.
Through thought, deed, and determined spiritual lives, these amazing people changed our world for the better. Coming from different backgrounds and faiths, representing different cultures and countries from around the globe, all of them had one thing in common: the belief that they had the power to make a difference by helping other people.
This important and inspiring book is for children, parents, teachers, and librarians who care about what these ten amazing people cared about—peace among nations, protecting the environment, helping the poor and disadvantaged, racial equality, and making the world a better place. Ideal for character education.
• Black Elk
• Dorothy Day
• Malcolm X
• Mahatma Gandhi
• Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Janusz Korczak
• Mother Teresa of Calcutta
• Albert Schweitzer
• Thich Nhat Hanh
• Desmond Tutu
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