Meet Kids Where They Are

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“Christ wants a child’s heart, but a grown-up’s head,” wrote C. S. Lewis¹. That’s lost on most of us. Though we know Jesus’s words about the faith of children and the kingdom of God (Matt. 19:14; Luke 18:17), we still act like God wants a kingdom full of well-mannered grownups. Well-mannered is one thing, however; wonderless is another.

Kids have this beautiful and profound ability to wonder. And they draw us into it. As adults, we join them in wonder when we start reading our favorite stories to them: Goodnight Moon, Fox’s Dream, The Princess and the Goblin, The Velveteen Rabbit, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Hobbit. Our stories become their stories. We weave our progeny into a legacy of narratives that have captured us. And as we weave, we revisit that old and wild country of faith, the country in which children dwell.

Now, some people assume children are just quick to believe in magic, that they’re happily deceived, and that this is somehow a virtue. It’s in this vein that Roald Dahl wrote, “Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.” But I say, “Those who don’t believe in faith will never find it.” And children believe in faith. They trust in its power. They grip its promises in their little fingers.

Children wonder and then believe in the power of faith. And if Jesus pointed children out as examples of kingdom faith, then we should serve them as recipients of gospel joy, as a new generation of believers, bound to the hopes and dreams made true and eternal by Jesus Christ.

Yet, how will they follow Jesus? How will they deepen their belief in the power of faith? The short answer: with words. The children who gathered around Jesus’s feet wanted to hear him speak. They wanted to hear him bless them. They wanted to feed on his words, just as God had told his people to do back in Deuteronomy 8:3.

Westminster Kids exists to feed children with words, namely the life-giving, faith-inspiring, soul-shaping words of God. The books we promote meet children where they are, in that wild country of faith, and call them deeper into the truth of God’s story and their role in it. We also provide resources for parents and homeschoolers that supplement the books on our site—including blog posts, audio content, and read-alouds. It’s our goal to become the primary online book source for biblically faithful kids’ content, serving avid readers, homeschoolers, educators, and the church at large.

We understand that this is a massive undertaking. But every child is worth our effort. Christ taught as much. And he really does want a child’s heart and a grown-up’s head. He wants the faith of a child and the wisdom of a grown-up. And he shepherds both through words. Westminster Kids is here to serve every child’s heart with an eye towards where each child’s head will end up, taking every thought captive to Christ (2 Cor. 10:5). We’re honored to have you with us.