Treasuring God in Our Traditions

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Summary: Refresh Your Heart with Noel Piper's New Book
Review: Who is the heart of your traditions? Noel Piper writes in her book Treasuring God in Our Traditions: "For a Christian, the heart of our traditions, and the heart of our teaching is God, whom we know through his acts and his words." Noel clearly focuses on how we are to reflect Christ in our daily habits, as well as special occasions. Only God can call our children, but our God-centered traditions show children (and others!) God is our greatest treasure. Noel's awakening discussion of the importance of traditions is Biblically-centered, as well as graced by John Piper's poetry. "Teach [God's words] to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up." - Deuteronomy 11:19 NIV
(And yes, Noel is John Piper's wife.)
A good book for anyone, but what a great present for a new mom.

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Summary: Traditions & celebrations to strengthen and share your faith
Review: A few pages into this book, I started making a mental list of women I want to share it with. The author, Noel Piper, mother of five (four by birth, one by adoption), is the wife of John Piper, renowned pastor, theologian and author. (She is not a pastor herself, as another reviewer has written.) Bits and pieces of her husband's writings add to the book, which is filled with practical suggestions based on the foundation of the Word. I highly recommend this for all women, but especially for newlyweds or those just starting to establish family traditions. To quote Noel, "How much more of God there is to find when we are on the lookout, when we shape our 'everyday' and 'especially' around him. God will show himself in special and new ways when we celebrate him. He will use our celebrations, our traditions, to stoke our heart's fire for him."

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Summary: Demonstrating the value of God-centered traditions
Review: Ably written by Noel Piper (a Baptist Church minister with over twenty years' experience), Treasuring God In Our Traditions is a thoughtful reflection on how ordinary or everyday habits can contribute to keeping God in one's mind and heart. Demonstrating the value of God-centered traditions, heirlooms, and family patterns, Treasuring God In Our Traditions is a profound and inspirational meditation with insights highly recommended for all Christian readers regardless of denominational affiliation or theological background.

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Summary: Wonderfully applicable
Review: About all I can do is echo the earlier reviewers... Noel Piper gives amazingly wonderful thought to why we do thing we do, and how important it is to consciously bring God into our daily routine and traditions. I can see she's done it in her family, and her suggestions are wonderful starting points for creating your own traditions. I, too, have been giving this to all my friends as they start their new families.

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Summary: Thank you Noel
Review: An incredibly insightful book filled with godly-wisdom. I'm greatful for having such sound advice on how to establish daily traditions and "especially" traditions as my husband and i begin our family. Noel does an incredible job at looking at how traditions can be used to point our children and our childrens children towards a passionate life of in pursuit of God. This is going up there with Gary Thomas' "Sacred Marriage" as my recomended reading for newly weds looking to start off their family and marriage with solid Biblical principles as their foundation. Thank you Noel.