The Dreamer is a finalist for the 2026 Christian Indie Awards (Children's 8-12)! 🥳 What an honor to have my debut children's chapter book selected as a finalist for this award. 🥹 And thank you @callapresspub for partnering together to bring this book into the world. 🌏💜In The Dreamer, 10-year-old Jason is unsure if God is still at work around the world. That is, until he and his younger brother, Fred, discover a board game that transports them to countries across the globe. But one mistake could mean being stuck in a country with no way home.
Be sure to grab a copy for the young reader in your life today! Available online at Walmart, Barnes & Noble, Calla Press Publishing, and other sites. Copies available at select bookstores as well.
Keep an eye out for authors of other books selected as finalists. 📖 Winners will be announced in March 2026.
Standing in the toy and picture book-strewn dining room, I stared out our third-floor apartment window. The sun cast a shadow across the rocky, empty lot across the alley. Unsettledness crept across my heart.
How do I teach my preschooler and toddler to follow Jesus?
Discipleship felt like such a daunting task—even though I was the children’s ministry coordinator for my city church.
I wasn’t more qualified than anyone else, but my job description involved encouraging parents in our church to teach their kids how to follow Jesus.
I couldn’t come alongside other parents if I wasn’t doing it myself.
God gave me two kids, and it was my role as a parent to point them to Jesus.
So I embarked on a journey to figure out what intentionally training my kids to follow God looks like for my family.
Almost a decade later, it’s still a learning curve to coach my kids in following Jesus through the different ages. But I’m convinced that teaching the next generation about God’s faithfulness means laying a biblical foundation before the teenage years arrive.
