Word Ladders Through the Parables

About this book

A Bible story, a word puzzle, and a prayer on every page.

Word Ladders Through the Parables is a family devotional in the shape of an activity book, which is the point. Each parable gets a single page, and that page does five things at once. You read a short summary of the story. You solve a six word ladder together, starting at one word and changing a single letter on every rung until you reach the last. You stop on a question worth actually thinking about. You talk about it as a family. And you close together.

Fifty four pages means it does not sit half finished on a shelf. One page is a complete sitting, so it survives a busy week, and there is nothing to prepare before you start.

It suits families with a range of ages at the table, since the puzzle gives younger children something to win at while the question gives older ones something to chew on.

What is inside

• One parable per page, complete in a single sitting
• A short retelling of the story
• A six word ladder puzzle to solve together
• A question to stop on and discuss
• A closing prayer
• Nothing to prepare in advance