Habits of the Household: Practicing the Story of God in Everyday Family Rhythms

Parenting centers on habits—the daily routines of meals, car rides, answering questions, discipline, and bedtime. Habits of the Household explores how these ordinary routines can become opportunities to express God's love in meaningful ways. The book provides tools for parents and reveals spiritual significance in everyday moments. Specific practices covered include developing a bedtime liturgy to anchor children in God's love, reframing discipline as discipleship, examining screentime through spiritual formation, introducing children to biblical rhythms of work, play, and rest, creating intentional family mealtimes, and developing an age chart to plan for shared family years. By establishing deliberate habits and rhythms around daily routines, families can develop greater peace and purpose, transforming the home into a place where everyone learns to love.