Home School Heartbeat Radio Program

Mike Farris:
I'm talking today with Noël Piper, who's the author of Treasuring God in our Traditions. No�l, welcome to the program.

Noël Piper:
Thanks, great to be here.

Mike:
Noël, you and John have been married for over 30 years. You’re a grandmother, mother of five, and a pastor’s wife. What prompted you to write this book on traditions?

Noël:
Well, I started thinking a lot about traditions, especially after our first child was born, because it became obvious to me that we couldn’t just keep on doing the things that we were doing sort of by habit—we really needed to think more clearly about how God was at the center and how we were reflecting what’s most important to us for the sake of our children.

And then now, of course, as time has passed, we realized that the things that we do to make God clearer to our children also reinforced his presence and importance in our own lives. So that’s the heart of it. And then as time passes more, you start to realize that even the very everyday things you do, like praying at meals and having family devotions and telling stories to your children, are traditions that are strengthening them and building God into their lives.

Mike:
Noël, I know that families are going to be built up as they put the principles you depict in your book to work. I’m Mike Farris.