What’s Coming with God’s Unfolding Story for Babies
If you’re reading this, you probably are receiving the free God’s Unfolding Story for Babies Newsletter, which means you have expressed interest in the curriculum, whether or not you are actually using it yet. Thank you for that interest! We know the curriculum is new and people will be curious about where it’s going. So,…
Read More ⇨
The Power of the Individual in Shaping Identity
From the very beginning, God Himself declared that “it is not good for the man to be alone” (Gen. 2:18). Then, because of that need, God created Eve and brought her to the man. It’s interesting that while God COULD have met the man’s need in any number of ways, He ultimately chose to provide…
Read More ⇨
Attachments and Identity
In the article on Identity and Self, we saw that the Self is weighing information that is coming in through the child’s senses. Parents and teachers can influence how the baby processes this information by forming meaningful attachments with the child. Attachments are happening in young children at two levels; a neurological level, and a…
Read More ⇨
God’s Unfolding Story for Babies Parent Page (Word Doc)
For churches using God’s Unfolding Story for Babies, we encourage you to provide a one-page Parent Page for new parents to help them understand what is happening in the babies class in which they are leaving their child(ren). God’s Unfolding Story for Babies includes this one-sheet Parent Page as part of the PDF package. For…
Read More ⇨
Identity and the Self
Somewhere in the early stages of life, we begin to become aware of ourselves as distinct. This awareness fosters self-reflection; the ability to think about ourselves in the third person. Self-reflection is an important and healthy skill for all people. It gives us the capacity to carry on conversations with ourselves and actually form an…
Read More ⇨
Identity, Relationships, and Distinction
In addition to our nature as beings created in the image of God, every human being exists within a complex matrix of relationships. This is true from the moment of conception. Even prior to birth, a child is in a relationship with itself, its mother, its mother’s body and the “outside world” that is able…
Read More ⇨
Identity and the God of the Bible
It is clear from Genesis 1 that people are created in the image of God. More specifically, people are made in the image of the God of the Bible who’s name we later learn is Yahweh. This God is not one of many gods. He is the Creator of the universe and all people in…
Read More ⇨
God’s Unfolding Story for Babies Curriculum
God’s Unfolding Story for Babies is a free, undated, downloadable curriculum resource for use by churches to help babies begin building biblical identity through an attachment to people in the local church. Thousands of churches have used God’s Unfolding Story for Older Preschoolers in recent years. Now the free curriculum system is expanding to include…
Read More ⇨God’s Unfolding Story for Babies Confirmation
Thank you for subscribing to the God’s Unfolding Story for Babies Newsletter! If you ever have questions, you are welcome to contact us and we’ll do our best to help you. God bless you in your ministry to babies! The Staff at God’s Unfolding Story for Babies
Read More ⇨