Diane Stortz knows her audience: busy
families with kids ages 3-8. Stop-and-Go
Devotional: 52 Devotions for Busy Families, will become a go-to book that
gets excited for family devotion time.
The 52 devotions go beyond the
standard Bible stories to include Ruth and Boaz, Elijah and the ravens, Namaan’s
cleansing, King Josiah leading the people back to the Lord, and more. The
stories have catchy, unexpected names such as “Afloat on a Boat,” “Road Trip,” “Jacob’s
Camping Adventure,” and “A Baby, a Basket, and a Big Sister.” While many
Bible-story anthologies end with Jesus’ resurrection, this one goes farther,
including “Breakfast on the Beach,” “Best Dressed” (story of Dorcas), and so
many more!
These one-page, brightly illustrated
(by digital illustrator Hannah Marks) devotions are certainly tailored to busy
families, and actually reading the text will engage kids as they can cuddle up
next to mom and dad and read colorful text, highlighted onomatopoeia, and follow
along with the quips of dialogue that keep the stories rolling. Every page is
brightly colored and illustrated—the pictures and the text. Following the
one-page devotionals (the Red “Stop and Read” sections) are two more sections:
Yellow “Think and Talk” which includes two questions such as “What do you think
Jesus and Zaccheus talked about when they ate together?” and a prayer. And “Green
Means Go!” which includes a game (e.g. playing Follow the Leader after reading
about Moses and the Exodus; or to sit outside with eyes closed after reading
about Samuel, and listening to all of the different sounds), a Bible verse, and
words to Remember such as “God can do anything” and “God hears our prayers.”
This book is, above all, engaging. The stories chosen, the titles
given them, the color, the illustrations, the games, the questions, verses, and
prayers—it’s all so quick, so fun, and so meaningful.
The
publisher has provided me with a complimentary copy of this book through
BookSneeze®. I was not required to write a positive review.
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