Guest Article by Cedric A. Halvorson In this article I offer a review and comparison of: My First Catechism. ISBN 978-0-7586-0790-4 (Blue Cover) My First Catechism. ISBN 978-0-7586-6849-3 (White Cover) Luther’s Small Catechism for Kids. ISBN 978-0-7586-6732-8 (Red Cover) This is offered from my experience as a teacher and parent. I am a father of … Read more
Not long ago in a discussion in an online Lutheran group, one father did a manly thing. He admitted he was scared in his role as father. He said, “Nothing scares me quite like teaching my children.” Hallelujah! I told him, “This is a fact true of many fathers. Usually we just keep ducking, but … Read more
You might have heard about the protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline. It is a pipeline to transport oil through the Dakotas. There are major protests against it. One of the complaints is about danger to water quality. The protests have gotten out of hand. Consequently it is in the news every day in the … Read more
Garrick Matthew Miller Halvorson, aka Gunny, decided he was going to sleep in a cardboard box that night. Dad still comes in to pray the Lord’s Prayer with him. In the midst of the informality of bedding down in a cardboard box, Gunny still knows what reverence is, and his father shows him that prayer fits … Read more
Facebook group member Hildegunn Sofie Fjellnes Johansson kindly provides the following photographs that show how she and her children use Legos and Duplos to illustrate Holy Week. She writes, “With Lego we can tell the whole story without all the blood (compared to many YouTube videos).” She and Pastor KM Andreas Johansson live in Stockholm … Read more
Here is a video of Leif and Kim Halvorson praying the Lord’s Prayer with their three children at bedtime. Dads, as you can see, this takes hardly any time. To be exact, 39 seconds! Yet it has a tremendous impact. It has impact because: A. The Lord’s Prayer is God’s Word, and God’s Word does stuff. … Read more
Facebook group member Pastor Matt Lorfeld his wife Heidi Lorfeld provide this video showing catechization of their 2-1/2 year old son while eating in the high chair. He is learning the 1st and 4th Commandments. This illustrates a father catechizing in the home, catechizing a young child, and fitting catechization into ordinary activities.
Facebook group member Nicole Schulert posted in the group: Thanks for the Lord’s Prayer idea! We did it with a stopwatch for fun. Since we only have one strong reader so far, it took 3m40s to put it in order, but they can’t wait to try again tomorrow. She was referring to a post by … Read more
This is a third video of home devotions by our Facebook group member, Melissa Sutton. The three videos together illustrate a complete home devotion in the morning The first video showed the opening of daily devotions. The second video showed memory work, with mom helping two young children memorize the Third Article of the Creed, … Read more
This is another encouraging video of home catechization provided to us by our Facebook group member, Melissa Sutton. In this video, we see that young children can learn to memorize the Catechism. A very young boy recites the Third Article and its meaning. He and his older sister recite the Introduction of the Lord’s Prayer, … Read more
Our Facebook group member, and my daughter-in-law, Kim Halvorson, shared this anecdote: Our daughters were cleaning their room, this is also when we routinely throw out the “papers” that accumulate in a 1st grader’s space, when one of them came out with a booklet. She looked at me and said, “Papa, gave this to me … Read more
