S11E3: Helping older kids engage with the Bible (Olof Brandt)

In today’s episode we speak to Olof Bradt, who works at both the Bible Society in Sweden and Scripture Union Sweden . He is married to Rachel and they have four children, aged between 2 and 16. He shares some thoughts prompted by the chapter of the A-Z Parenting for Faith Book on helping older kids engage with the Bible and the Here To Stay research in Sweden. Links: Book a group or church onto the original Parenting for Faith couse, which starts in March. https://www.brfonline.org.uk/collections/parenting-for-faith-courses/products/the-original-parenting-for-faith-zoom-course-2025 Here to stay research from Australia https://here2stay.org.au/ Hear the original PFF podcast episodes that the Helping older kids engage with the Bible chapter is based on: #56 Equipping kids to find answers in the Bible https://on.soundcloud.com/SDmrUNTeBazHqcUbA, #111 How to help our kids love the Bible https://on.soundcloud.com/5uyW2DvSQttXTajD8, S2E1 Framing the Bible’s origins and understanding the whole story of the Bible https://on.soundcloud.com/oDHjkoA1TiB1jqrt9 The Forge Online - https://www.brfonline.org.uk/collections/parenting-for-faith-events/products/the-forge-gathering-online-2025 The Forge in-person - https://www.brfonline.org.uk/collections/parenting-for-faith-events/products/the-forge-gathering-in-person-2025 Finally we’d love you to do one of these three Ps today: Participate - email us at parentingforfaith@brf.org.uk with your stories, become a Parenting for Faith Champion https://www.parentingforfaith.brf.org.uk/meet-team/all-about-champions/ or rate review and subscribe to the podcast. Pray with us - brf.org.uk/get-involved/pray Pennies or pounds - If you are able to contribute to the cost of producing this podcast, please click here to give a one-off or regular gift: www.brf.org.uk/get-involved/give/. We are so grateful for all donations, big or small.