Smashed Tomatoes, Bottle Rockets: And Other Outdoor Devotionals You Can Do With Your Kids

Tim Shoemaker knows kids -- and he knows dads The premise for this book hinges on the assumption that many dads -- like the author -- have a little spot in their hearts exclusively reserved for harboring guilt about family devotions They know they should have them. Most try it. Many crash and burn. All it takes is seeing a bored look on a child's face or uncontrollable wiggling and fidgeting, and most dads will live with the guilt of giving up rather than put up with the frustration.

Tim Shoemaker has come up with the answer. He convincingly argues that kids will be thoroughly and eternally built up by planning and executing a once-a-week participatory-lesson (instead of a daily, spectator-style approach). For boys especially, that means action. Each lesson, 24 in all, designed for kids ages 8 through 16, comes with "what to say" and "what to do", and spells out what preparations are needed ahead of time.