Nurturing Young Faith: Teaching Children to Connect with God w/ Chrissy Metz & Bradley Collins
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- Thu 02 Mar 2023
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The concept of God and knowing what to say to God can be very intimidating for little ones. But if we can teach children how to talk to God and help them learn that their prayers for others matter, it can be an instrumental factor in building a firm foundation of faith that will last a lifetime. Our guests today, Chrissy Metz and Bradley Collins, have co-written a new children’s picture book titled, When I Talk to God, I Talk About You. They are here to talk about the importance of modeling prayer to young children and watching them grow in faith through that tender introduction at an early age.
Book: When I Talk to God, I Talk About You
0:00 - Intro
2:07 - Ad Break
3:35 - Meet Chrissy Metz
4:27 - Meet Bradley Collins
5:46 - What inspired you to write a children’s book together?
8:00 - Why did you find it important to teach young children that they too, can pray to God?
9:41 - For you two, personally, how does the book reflect your faith life and understanding of prayer?
11:16 - Your book is described as “a touching ode to unconditional love”. How have you experienced God’s unconditional love in your lives? How do we pass that on to children?
14:57 - What are your hopes for parents or grandparents who read this book to their children?
17:01 - Who was instrumental in your lives that influenced your faith walks?
20:31 - What was the process like of turning your words over to another to interpret visually?
23:33 - Chrissy, you are a singer as well as an incredible actress and we’ve heard there is a companion album that goes along with the theme of this book.
27:19 - Before we go, I loved your faith-based film “Breakthrough”. Any future faith-based films on
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