Discipling Children as Whole Persons (GH) | Ep 105

What does it mean to disciple children as whole persons?In this Greenhouse episode, Brian, Handsome Kyle, and Doc continue the conversation from Episode 104 with Emily Riffe on spiritual formation for children. Drawing from Emily’s reflections on Charlotte Mason, education, nature, habits, and character formation, the conversation asks how parents, teachers, churches, and communities can better help children become people who love Jesus.The episode challenges the idea that children are empty vessels waiting to be filled with information. Children are already whole persons made in the image of God, with unique personalities, affinities, desires, and God-given capacities. Discipling children is not merely about giving them more Bible facts, better curriculum, or higher test scores. It is about creating an atmosphere where their hearts, minds, bodies, imaginations, relationships, and habits can be formed toward love.Brian, Handsome Kyle, and Doc also discuss the difference between schooling and educating, the danger of reducing faith to intellectual instruction, and why the Bible should be approached as a living book rather than merely an instruction manual. They explore what it means to form children through time, habits, community, attention, family rhythms, and a lived vision of the Kingdom of God.This episode is not a debate about public school, private school, or homeschooling. It is a deeper conversation about child discipleship, whole-person formation, and what kind of people our children are becoming.Join us online! Web: ⁠⁠https://soilandroots.org⁠⁠ Substack: ⁠ https://soilandroots.substack.com/