My family has a yearly tradition of reading a chapter a day of the book of Luke, leading up to Christmas. It has been such an enriching experience that helps center our holiday season on what is most important to us. If you’d like to join us in these readings, I’m providing questions to talk through with your kids to help spark conversations and meaningful engagement with what you read. I hope it’s helpful!
(Here is where you can find background information or to start this project at Chapter 1.)
Before you start each night, think about the environment you’re creating for this experience. Check your heart. Lower your expectations. Here is where you can find more ideas on how to set yourself up for success.
Questions before you read Luke 21:
Why was Jesus talking about giving things to Ceasar in the last chapter?
Who will be married in heaven?
I ask my kids to listen for this information while we’re reading and I’ll ask about it after we’re done:
What did the widow give?
What are the things that have to happen before Jesus will come back?
(Asking them to look for the information before you start reading is super helpful in keeping little learners engaged. They tend to listen pretty hard when they’re listening for something specific. I might even write the questions out so they can hold them and look for the information while we read. I will assign these questions to my youngest kids and target the longer discussion questions to my older kids. If my younger kids need to go to bed while we’re deep in discussion, they still had a chance to participate.)
Questions after you’ve read Luke 21:
Have you ever felt compelled to give out of your poverty?
Should we be worrying about the end of the world? Trying to predict it?
Why do you think Jesus would tell his followers how bad things are going to get?