215: Exploring the Wonders of God's Creation with Hannah Anderson

Hannah Anderson is a wife, mom, and author of several books, most recently a children’s book entitled “The World God Made”, based on Psalm 104. We hope you come away from this episode more in awe of God than before and feeling more equipped to share the wonders of God's creation and majesty with your children. What We Chat about in Today’s Episode: ~Hannah’s new children’s book, The World God Made, what led her to write it, and what readers can expect ~The impact that the beauty of the natural world can have on us ~Inviting children out into the world to celebrate the world God made; acknowledging that that can sometimes be a scary thing to do with how wild nature is ~Hannah’s vision and hope for this book and how it can inspire wonder and curiosity about creation in children ~Advice for parents for how to cultivate in our kids a sense of wonder and curiosity about creation and God’s world ~The inherent wonder and enchantment of simple things; how being out in creation grows our imagination and sense of the wonder and majesty and bigness of our God ~Trusting the process rather than making the idea of cultivating in our children a love of nature and sense of wonder more complicated and overwhelming than it has to be ~Trusting our own wonder and how this can shape our children ~Stirring our imaginations to attune to what is around us and to be aware; the importance of slowing down and creating space to hear from God ~Attention as an important spiritual discipline ~Understanding that we can delight in and learn from nature in even the most urban of spaces; trusting God’s sovereignty of Him placing us in the space we live in ~The importance of sharing spaces and taking advantage of community spaces in nature ~Advice for parents who feel intimidated and don’t know how to take advantage of time in nature with their kids by engaging them in conversations about God ~Specific revelation vs. general revelation and why both are important ~How Hannah struck the balance in writing this book between creating a book that is engaging to young children while also keeping it faithful to the text of Psalm 104 ~Psalm 104 as an invitation to wonder and celebration ~Specific passages from Psalm 104 that became especially meaningful to Hannah as she wrote this book ~The comforting truth that God has not left creation itself but is still actively working in it and healing it ~And more! For full shownotes, head to www.hargraveshomeandhearth.com/podcast