Raising Catholic Kids
Patti and Mark Armstrong

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Stories for the Homeschool Heart is for families that are living for God and reaching for eternity. Encouragement, joy, and tales of overcoming obstacles bring readers into our virtual neighborhood of support and sharing. Co-authors Theresa Thomas (mother of nine) and Patti Maguire Armstrong (mother of ten) share some of their own experiences including Theresa’s struggle with cancer and Patti’s addition of two AIDs orphans into her family.

Parents are asked to consider their primary obligation to their children--to raise them to love and serve God and spend eternity with Him. Scripture, reason, and personal experience are used to encourage parents to put God and the Catholic faith at the center of their lives. The first step in raising good Catholics is instilling a rock-solid faith and love for God. There are plenty of people who learned the facts of their religion but one day lost all faith, not only in religion but in God. God is so obvious and so wonderful in our lives, that we can introduce our children to Him daily. They can feel, see and experience Him in the world around them as well as read about Him in the Bible. Part of believing in God however, is still believing in Him when the going gets tough. Lots of scripture, personal experiences and thoughts used throughout.

This is the perfect story for 3rd through 6th grade Catholic kids and classrooms with excellent writing, vocabulary and thinking activities incorporated at the end of the book. It combines a great story with age-appropriate apologetics and is endorsed by best-selling authors Emily and Jeff Cavins as well as Bishop Zipfel.
Mary Kochan, Senior Editor of Catholic Exchange and homeschooler, endorses "Dear God, I don't get it!" and explains, "Sixth-grader, Aaron Ajax is happily comfortable, with not much more than the annoyances of a little brother to disturb him and he takes his friendship with God for granted. When a sudden change in family circumstances uproots him from the home and friends he has known his whole life, Aaron wonders what has happened to his relationship with God. Through this true-to-life story we follow the journey of a young boy coming to grips with a lesson we all need - that real friendship with God means God is in charge."

In Amazing Grace for Survivors, you will will witness God’s power as He forms and strengthens ordinary people who faced extraordinary circumstances. You will experience the pain in these stories and share the glory of their triumph. In the end, their grace becomes yours, for we are one body in Christ.

The word "family" brings to mind thoughts of joy, sacrifice, affection, hardship, and humor. Yet it is love that defines what it means to be a family, and it is this same love that gives a family their purpose. In bearing witness to the mystery of the love of Christ, the family becomes the "domestic sanctuary of the Church."

Amazing Grace for Fathers celebrates the power of fatherhood and that power is love. The love of our fathers on earth reflects the infinite love of God, our heavenly Father, from which all fatherly guidance, discipline, and protection flows. The powerful stories in this book show just how deep a father?s love is for his children, particularly when he lives in and is strengthened by God?s grace. Here, you will find support and inspiration for your own fatherhood.

Amazing Grace for Mothers will lift your heart and send your spirit soaring. You will laugh, you will cry, but most of all you will refresh your mothering through stories of love, inspiration, miracles, and God?s amazing grace. This collection of 101 stories will bring you the warmth and support of other women, all dedicated to the same glorious role motherhood.

Amazing Grace for the Catholic Heart will help you celebrate your Catholic faith like no other book you have ever read. It will take your heart and soul on a joyous spiritual retreat from the challenges and struggles of everyday life. This collection of 101 stories of faith, inspiration, hope and humor attest to the power and beauty of God?s amazing grace.

Amazing Grace for Married Couples will deepen your commitment to marriage like no other book. This is a collection of 12 inspirational stories about marriages that were on the brink of disaster, only to be redeemed by God's amazing grace.