One of the things I’ve loved most about blogging is the amazing people I’ve been able to meet and connect with over the last 7 years (yes…I’ve actually had this blog for 7 years although it did change names over the course of those 7 years). One of those amazing people I’ve connected with is my friend Stephanie of A Candid Pastor’s Wife and I’m so excited to have her guest post today! She has created an amazing resource for parents and I’ll let her tell you all about it! At the bottom of the page, I’ve included a link to download a free printable coloring page to go along with her resource! 🙂
I never pushed my 3-year old daughter into princess territory – she discovered it all on her own. One Disney movie here, one picture of a lovely bride there and bam – I now have a full-fledged princess addict on my hands.
I personally am not into princesses and frilly dresses and all the bling. And that’s OK. It’s OK for her to be different than me; in fact, God created her with the desire to be a princess – because she is! She’s a daughter of the king.
My little princess gets to watch a beloved princess movie once a week or so, and my husband and I started thinking about how we could teach her more about Jesus using the stories she already gets. Theology is quite abstract for a 3-year old, but she sure does understand these princess stories.
I started thinking about the stories and discovered that yes, the gospel story quite clearly connects to her precious princesses.
After all, all great stories are but a shadow of the one great story – God’s story!
Creating this video connecting the Disney movie Tangled (Rapunzel) to the gospel was such a joy! With clips of the movie (and even Rapunzel props), even children can watch it and hear the gospel! I hope that it helps you as parents to see how you can connect your child’s favorite story to the gospel as well.
I’d love to connect with you through my community Facebook page and blog – I’m just a simple pastor’s wife trying to redeem every moment for Jesus!
Thanks for having me over Lisa!
My niece would love this!
I happened to be sitting with my daughter who also has discovered Disney princesses – although they were not my first choice for her either. I love how you took a familiar movie and showed the similarities to Christ and God. She watched the video and said it was cool. She accepted Christ two years ago, but is still learning so much, but aren’t we all. I personally love how the more time I spend with God, the more I see Him in everything.
I love that you guys are open to your daughter being her and not trying to make her into someone she isn’t. It also amazes me how you guys are showing her through things she loves to teacher her about greater love. Great post!
I love that you are taking everyday normal things and showing her Christ in them. She will learn to see Him in the ordinary. That is priceless
Fun idea! Thanks for this post. 🙂
How fun. I will be showing my 3 little girls this tomorrow they’ll love it. Thank you
This is great! We use our kids favorite movies all the time to start mold the real Gospel into our children’s mind and hopefully, that will find it’s way to their hearts. Tangled has some great points on truth, grace, and love as well as the consequences of sin. Thanks for sharing this!
Marissa
Such an interesting and great idea!!
Oh…what a great idea! I was a children’s minister for many years and loved to teach the Gospel through secular medias.
Wow! This is so great! I often see the Gospel connections in movies, books, etc. but wonder if I’m reading too much into it. Glad to know someone else has seen them, too!
Way to go on using something that is so often idolized by children and showing them Jesus in it:)
Fabulous…by any means necessary is what I say.