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My First, Second & Third Attempts at Parenting: Discovering the Heart of Parenting by Steve Murrell
Plenty of parenting books focus on how to fix bad behavior. Not so many focus on how to cultivate a child's heart. Even fewer focus on how to deal with our own hearts as parents. My First, Second & Third Attempts at Parenting is not a how-to book. It's a collection of stories and reflections designed to help you discover the elusive, yet most important, part of the heart. Chapter by chapter, story by story, we will examine God's heart toward children and our hearts as parents, as well as how we can prepare our children's hearts to know and love their heavenly Father.
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Steve Murrell
34 books53 followersSteve is cofounder and president of Every Nation Churches & Ministries, a family of churches focused on church planting, campus ministry, and world mission.
Steve serves on the board of the Real LIFE Foundation, a Christian non-profit with the vision of seeing thousands of marginalized Filipino youth educated, gainfully employed, and uplifting their communities.
After living in the Philippines for twenty-four years, the Murrells now split their time between Manila and Nashville. Their three adult sons were born and raised in the Philippines and now reside in the United States.
When in Nashville, Steve serves on the Bethel Franklin leadership team.
Steve serves on the board of the Real LIFE Foundation, a Christian non-profit with the vision of seeing thousands of marginalized Filipino youth educated, gainfully employed, and uplifting their communities.
After living in the Philippines for twenty-four years, the Murrells now split their time between Manila and Nashville. Their three adult sons were born and raised in the Philippines and now reside in the United States.
When in Nashville, Steve serves on the Bethel Franklin leadership team.
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April 18, 2018
The best book on parenting I've read
This book is probably the best book on parenting I read. I've only read around 3 other books, but my assessment is that most other books focus on how to discipline and raise children (some focuses on theory while others focus on actual how-tos). This book, however, focuses on the heart. And as the direction of your heart as a parent changes, your children will follow.
This book is probably the best book on parenting I read. I've only read around 3 other books, but my assessment is that most other books focus on how to discipline and raise children (some focuses on theory while others focus on actual how-tos). This book, however, focuses on the heart. And as the direction of your heart as a parent changes, your children will follow.
June 17, 2016
A very well written book About the heart of parenting. Made me reminisce about my childhood days. Help me be reminded to always have the right heart in being a mother.
January 10, 2021
This is more like an evangelism book than parenting. Only the last chapter had real parenting insights, the rest are gospel stuff and memoirs that felt like bragging to me. Still got some nuggets of wisdom from that last chapter though!
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