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November 2024 Book Club Recommendations
Our goal in the Foundation Worldview Book Club is to provide resources for you to have meaningful, literature-based worldview discussions with the children God has placed in your care. We work hard to choose books with insightful, truth-based themes. However, we know that our subscribers will have different convictions about the content they allow in their homes, churches, and classrooms. We encourage you to read the recommended books ahead of time, to ensure that the content fits within the framework you have already established in your ministry context. Please also note that by recommending a certain book, Foundation Worldview is not endorsing every work published by a particular author. Some of the links below are affiliate links. This means that, at zero cost to you, Foundation Worldview will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the link and finalize a purchase.
Book for Adults
Choosing Gratitude: Your Journey to Joy
Nancy Demoss Wolgemuth
We often focus on gratitude during the month of November, but how often do we view gratitude as a lifestyle? Choosing Gratitude highlights how gratitude should be the way of life for Christians and how any Christian virtue divorced from gratitude is not distinctly Christian.
Book for Children Ages 8-12
How Can I Feel Closer to God?
Chris Morphew
We want our children to understand that the truth of Christianity is not based on their feelings. At the same time, we want to help them develop a growing relationship with God. How Can I Feel Closer to God? is a great resource for helping children learn how to rely on God’s Word, His Spirit, and His people as they seek and serve God.
Question 1- In chapter 3, Chris discusses the importance of prioritizing our relationship with God. He writes, “And so the real question isn’t, ‘Are you busy?’—because we’re all filling our time with something. The real question is, ‘What are you busy with?’” How do you spend your time each week?
Discussion Guide - Together, map out a schedule of your week. How much time does your family spend seeking God through His Word, prayer, and serving others? What changes might your family need to make in how you spend your time?
Question 2 - What parts of chapter 5 caught your attention? How might you start to model your prayer life after what Jesus modeled in Scripture?
Discussion Guide - Discuss any parts of the chapter that stood out to you and things you want to begin incorporating in prayer. Then, spend time praying together as a family.
Question 3 - Chapter 7 discussed the importance of spending time with God’s people. How is your family currently involved in church? How could you continue to grow relationships there?
Discussion Guide - Discuss ways you are currently involved in church and things you could do to start growing closer to your church family.
Bonus Question - If you have taken your children through the Foundation Studying the Bible Curriculum, ask, “What truths about studying Scripture have helped you grow closer in your relationship to God?”
Discussion Guide - Discuss the different skills you learned in the curriculum and the truths about God you have learned as you’ve applied those skills to your study of Scripture.
Book for Children Ages 4-7
Caspian Crashes the Party
Edward T. Welch
Caspian is jealous of all the attention his brother, Jax, gets during Jax’s birthday party. Caspian’s jealousy grows so big that he tries to ruin the party. However, with a little help from his dad, his pastor, and the Good Book, he realizes that he can be content in any situation.
Question 1 - What was Caspian thinking and feeling at Jax’s party?
Discussion Guide - Discuss how Caspian was feeling jealous. All he chose to think about was how much better Jax’s party was than his party.
Question 2 - What did Caspian’s jealousy lead him to do?
Discussion Guide - Discuss how Caspian let all the air out of the bounce house and ruined everyone’s fun.
Question 3 - What truths did Caspian learn that showed him his jealousy was sin?
Discussion Guide - Read Philippians 4:11-13 and Psalm 63:3. Discuss how Caspian learned that he could be content in any situation by trusting God and recognizing that God’s love is better than life.
Bonus Question - If your child has gone through God’s Good Design Curriculum, ask, “How did we see sin corrupt God’s good design in this book?”
Discussion Guide - Discuss how Caspian’s jealousy caused him to not treat his brother with love and kindness. This sin separated him from God and from his brother. Then, remind your child of the good news that Jesus defeated the power and punishment of sin.
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