Heidi Bratton invites you into her home, where she ll show you where to find God--right inside the busyness of modern family life. A series of insightful and often humorous weekly reflections on raising faithful Catholic families, Homegrown Faith draws on familiar situations--sibling rivalry, fender-benders, lost shoes before Mass--to reveal unexpected sacramental riches.
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HEIDI BRATTON is an award-winning photographer and author with a gift for bringing simple truths to life in a practical way for adults and children like. Heidi is a regular columnist for the websites Catholic Exchange, FaithandFamilyLive, CatholicMom, and The Anchor diocesan newspaper. Heidi has written over twenty books, including her four newest children s board books, the Celebrate series. Heidi and her husband, John, have six children ranging in age from two to twenty and live in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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Heidi is an author, photographer, and speaker who seeks to share God's grace with others who are looking to make faith in Jesus the foundation of their lives and their families. Heidi is somewhat amazed to have found her niche as a wife and home-schooling mother of six children ranging in age from 2 to 20 years old, the author of 15 Christian children's books, a Catholic, family-life columnist, and a professional photographer all at once. She is not amazed to be in constand need of an uninterrupted nap! Learn more about and connect with Heidi through her web site: www.heidibratton.com
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A single, childless, 40-something friend, who spends much time with her married sister with four children, made this observation recently: When we were kids, we couldn't wait to grow up. Adults got dressed up and went out to dinner and parties, they smoked and drank and stayed up late. It was like the movies. Now kids look at their parents and they never want to grow up. Who would choose to spend all their time tending to every expressed, implied, or anticipated need of a bunch of kids?
In a word, today's culture is very different from that of mid- to- late twentieth century, where children fit into the lives of their adults rather than the other way around. Catholicism, too, has changed. Nuns used to run the Catholic schools, some would say the parishes, and no one thought about homeschooling. Weekly confession and family rosary time were marks of a "religious" family.
All this is a way of introducing the prescription for developing and nurturing a devout family in today's world. In Homegrown Faith, Heidi Bratton provides an easy-to-follow resource with reflections, discussion questions, activities, prayers, examples, scripture quotations, lists, journal starters, and more laid out in 52 chapters organized around the liturgical seasons.
Each chapter ends with suggestions for growing spiritually this week, such as:
* Recall a time when you missed "an important detail in parenting." How did it happen, how to avoid doing it again?
* In what ways do you see motherhood as an act of courage and hope?
* Produce a drawing or paragraph about yourself engaged in the work of a parent missionary.
The author, who has written more than twenty books, contributes articles and blog posts to several outlets focused on Catholic families.
In a word, today's culture is very different from that of mid- to- late twentieth century, where children fit into the lives of their adults rather than the other way around. Catholicism, too, has changed. Nuns used to run the Catholic schools, some would say the parishes, and no one thought about homeschooling. Weekly confession and family rosary time were marks of a "religious" family.
All this is a way of introducing the prescription for developing and nurturing a devout family in today's world. In Homegrown Faith, Heidi Bratton provides an easy-to-follow resource with reflections, discussion questions, activities, prayers, examples, scripture quotations, lists, journal starters, and more laid out in 52 chapters organized around the liturgical seasons.
Each chapter ends with suggestions for growing spiritually this week, such as:
* Recall a time when you missed "an important detail in parenting." How did it happen, how to avoid doing it again?
* In what ways do you see motherhood as an act of courage and hope?
* Produce a drawing or paragraph about yourself engaged in the work of a parent missionary.
The author, who has written more than twenty books, contributes articles and blog posts to several outlets focused on Catholic families.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By F. Thibodeau
Format:Paperback
Heidi Bratton's book reminds me of an experience my family had at Mass about four months ago. We were attending a beautiful graduation Mass, that had been carefully planned when suddenly the priest realized that someone had forgotten to do their part. There was an awkward silence and then Father merely walked over and did it himself. He smiled and turned to the assembled group and said good naturedly, "Life is messy isn't it?"
We all laughed with him because he was just so right. He could have gotten upset because the liturgy was not perfect but instead he handled it with humility and grace and taught us all more than any sermon ever could.
Why does this remind me of Heidi's book? Well, Heidi doesn't preach faith in a vaccuum, rather she lives it in a busy,chaotic,loving family and she allows us, her readers, to feel with her how God's presence and love is shining through all the cracks.
The experiences she shares and the knack she has for finding God's grace in their midst, make me believe somehow that God is also in the midst of my derailed plans, lost car keys, sickness-you can fill in the blanks.
Plus the stories contained within these pages are short and can easily be read even if I only have a few minutes to myself. They provide just the sort of inspiration I often need when I find my attitude veering away fron all that is good and all that is true.
We all laughed with him because he was just so right. He could have gotten upset because the liturgy was not perfect but instead he handled it with humility and grace and taught us all more than any sermon ever could.
Why does this remind me of Heidi's book? Well, Heidi doesn't preach faith in a vaccuum, rather she lives it in a busy,chaotic,loving family and she allows us, her readers, to feel with her how God's presence and love is shining through all the cracks.
The experiences she shares and the knack she has for finding God's grace in their midst, make me believe somehow that God is also in the midst of my derailed plans, lost car keys, sickness-you can fill in the blanks.
Plus the stories contained within these pages are short and can easily be read even if I only have a few minutes to myself. They provide just the sort of inspiration I often need when I find my attitude veering away fron all that is good and all that is true.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Times have changed. And the Catholic Church as kept pace as well. While in times past it may have been considered a cold, stiff, formal religion, today's Church is working on being warm and nurturing. In Homegrown Faith, author Heidi Bratton shows us how to instill and cultivate faith in our families. This daily devotional is a great resource for activities, discussion starters, and applicable Scripture verses all based on the church calendar. It is a wonderful tool in the hands of a devoted mom.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A Mom's Go-To Guide
The book is a fantastic read! I am continually amazed at the wonderful correlations the author makes with real life scenerios.
Published 7 months ago by Mom in Training
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Love It!
Like your mom's best recipes, Heidi Bratton's Homegrown Faith is the ideal tool to help any home create the perfect blend of faith, family and fun. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Lisa M. Hendey
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Plant the seeds of Faith in your family!
Heidi Bratton shows us how to grow spiritually throughout the Church year right in the ordinariness of our family days together with the extraordinary moments we experience as... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Donna M. Cooper Oboyle
