Set - Parenting Toward the Kingdom: Orthodox Christian Principles of Child-Rearing - Set

Item No. 9781944967024

by Philip Mamalakis, PhD

The Orthodox Christian tradition is filled with wisdom and guidance about the biblical path of salvation. Yet this guidance remains largely inaccessible to parents and often disconnected from the parenting challenges we face in our homes. Parenting Toward the Kingdom will help you make the connections between the spiritual life as we understand it in the Orthodox Church and the ongoing challenges of raising children. It takes the best child development research and connects it with the timeless truths of our Christian faith to offer you real strategies for navigating the challenges of daily life.

About the Author:  Dr. Philip Mamalakis, with his wife Georgia and seven children, lives in Boston, Massachusetts, where he is the Assistant Professor of Pastoral Care at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology. Dr. Mamalakis directs the field education program and teaches classes on pastoral care, marriage and family, grief, death and dying, and topics related to pastoral counselling. He has a private practice in Newton, Massachusetts, where he works with individuals, couples, and families. Dr. Mamalakis has an M.Div. from Holy Cross and a Ph.D. from Purdue University in child development and family studies, specializing in marriage and family therapy. He has been offering parenting courses and writing on parenting for 21 years. He enjoys leading seminars and retreats on intimacy, relationships, marriage, parenting, and family life as well as Orthodoxy and psychology. 

Author: Dr. Philip Mamalakis

Paperback: 328 pages

Dimensions: 5.5 X 8.5 inches

Publisher: Ancient Faith Publishing

Item No. 9781955890595

by Kendra Hunter, Kristina Tartara, and Stephanie Petrides with Philip Mamalakis, PhD

Parenting Toward the Kingdom won’t get our kids to behave, take away our parenting struggles, or make us into perfect parents. What the book can do is help us understand the path of parenting. But we still need to walk the path or, more accurately, struggle and grow on the path of raising our children.

As a bestseller for Ancient Faith Publishing, Parenting Toward the Kingdom has helped countless Orthodox and non-Orthodox parents struggle and grow with their children as they raise them in the Faith. Now, this companion guide enables parents to use the book even more effectively, by encouraging them to come together for discussion and support. The ten sessions presented here tie in closely to the book and include new material, in-depth discussion questions, parenting examples, and time for prayer and reflection. You’ll find the companion guide full of practical tips—based on current parenting research as well as Orthodox principles—that you can take into your home and practice on a daily basis with your children. This guide was created as a resource for parish-based parenting groups, though it can also be used individually. For a more in-depth experience, it is best used alongside Parenting Toward the Kingdom.

Authors: Kendra Hunter, Kristina Tartara, and Stephanie Petrides with Philip Mamalakis, PhD

Spiral-bound paperback: 160 pages

Dimensions: 7 x 9 inches

Publisher: Ancient Faith Publishing