USA (MNN) — A new 365-day devotional for parents is now available from Keys for Kids Ministries. Parent Minute with Greg Yoder: Imperfect Parenting in an Imperfect World is a collection of stories weaving lived experience with Scriptural advice.
Author Greg Yoder says the book covers topics ranging from handling the behavior of young children to navigating when older children embrace sinful lifestyles or abandon the faith.
“It’s always grounded in Scripture, always pointing families to have some quiet time or some family devotional time together,” he says.
The devotional builds on the radio program Parent Minute, which helps parents and grandparents root their parenting practices in Biblical wisdom.
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“How do you share the gospel with kids – especially adult kids who don’t know Christ? Or maybe you’re new in the faith and you want to share the gospel with your kids. There are stories in there about that.”
Included is the account of one of Yoder’s worst personal parenting moments: the time he fell asleep twice on a teenage daughter desperate for a listening ear.
“To think that my daughter is telling me this horrible story in her life, and I couldn’t even stay awake to listen to it,” he says. “It was that moment when I realized, ‘Wait a minute. Maybe I’m working too much – maybe I’m doing something that is preventing me from being a great father.’”
In times when accountability is in order, Yoder calls parents to confession, drawing from his own experience and Scriptures like 1 John 1:9, “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
Or James 5:16, which reminds us to confess sins to one another.
“Those two verses really stood out to me as I had a major failure in my daughter’s relationship,” Yoder says, “and I hope that because of the failures in my own parenting, people can learn from them.”
The book is available in paperback or hardcopy through Amazon.
Beyond the book:
“We’re always looking for new material for our Parent Minute Radio program,” Yoder says. Parents can reach out to Keys for Kids here with suggestions.
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