Tying Their Shoes: A Christ-Centered Approach to Preparing for Parenting (Rob & Stephanie Green)

Tying Their Shoes

A Christ-Centered Approach to Preparing for Parenting

Through a gospel-centered approach to parenting, Tying Their Shoes by Rob and Stephanie Green lays the foundation for expecting parents to welcome a new addition into their home in light of the gospel. First-time, soon-to-be parents and moms and dads expecting an additional child will find Christ-centered hope, practical advice, and encouragement toward parental unity in this invaluable resource.

Authors Rob and Stephanie Green know a baby brings many wonderful changes for both biological and adoptive parents. While other parenting resources help expectant parents prepare for the physical and emotional work of child-rearing, the Greens address the all-important spiritual foundation needed for parenting. They help parents understand and apply the gospel—the best resource to ground couples in their relationships with the Lord, with each other, and with their children.

The challenges of parenting do bring stress, but this book guides expectant moms and dads to turn toward the Lord with all of the strains of this new season of life. Sharing from both a mother’s and father’s perspective, Rob and Stephanie Green dive into the goal of parenting, the blessings of parenting, pregnancy and labor, marital intimacy, biblical discipline, and other practical realities of first-time parents.

Above all else, Rob and Stephanie Green equip soon-to-be parents to create a gospel-centered home and mind-set, lovingly pointing couples to our Father who cares for his children and is with them every step of the way.

Contents

1. Identity in Christ and Parenting
2. Help Your New Baby by Prioritizing Your Marriage
3. The Lord is My Shepherd – Labor and Delivery
4. Be Prepared to Go Home
5. Accomplish the Goal in Parenting
6. Work Together – Not Against – Each Other
7. Stewardship of Sleep, Money, and the Heart
8. The Blessings of Parenting
9. Dad’s Involvement
10. All I Want Is “Me Time”
11. Sexual Intimacy as a New Parent
12. Learning to Teach and Discipline
13. Cast Your Cares on God

About the Authors

Robert E. Green MDiv, PhD, is the pastor of counseling and seminary ministries at Faith Church, Lafayette, Indiana. Rob wrote Tying the Knot and several smaller works on marriage and family issues. Rob and his wife, Stephanie, have three children.

Stephanie E. Green, RN, is a homemaker and heavily involved in mentoring women in Faith Church, Lafayette, Indiana. She is the author of minibook, Miscarriage: You Are Not Alone and worked as a registered nurse for over a decade primarily in the newborn nursery and postpartum units. Stephanie and her husband, Rob, have three children.