Grounded in Grace: Helping Kids Build Their Identity in Christ

By Jonathan Holmes

In Grounded in Grace, Jonathan Holmes offers parents a thoughtful, biblically grounded guide to helping their children and teens discover who they truly are in Christ. In a world that pressures young people to define themselves by performance, feelings, or social acceptance, this book calls families back to an identity that is steady, unchanging, and rooted in God’s grace.

Holmes explores five of the most common areas where identity struggles surface—sports, academics, moralism, sexual orientation, and gender confusion—equipping parents with wisdom and practical tools to guide their children through these challenges with gospel hope.

Features Include:

• Biblical Foundation: Encourages parents to help their children build their sense of self on God’s unchanging truth rather than cultural expectations or performance.
• Practical Guidance: Provides conversation tools and reflection questions for meaningful, gospel-centered discussions between parents and their kids.
• Timely Insight: Addresses the real pressures children and teens face today, helping parents understand the shifting cultural views of identity and how to respond with grace and truth.

Why We Love It:

We love Grounded in Grace because it gives parents confidence to shepherd their children through one of the most defining issues of our time—the question of who they are. Rather than offering quick fixes or moral lessons, Jonathan Holmes points families to the deep, enduring identity we have in Jesus. It’s a grace-filled, practical resource for any parent who longs to see their child rest secure in God’s love.

About the Author:

Jonathan Holmes serves as the Executive Director of Fieldstone Counseling and has extensive experience walking alongside families and individuals as they seek to apply biblical truth to everyday life. His heart for gospel-centered relationships and Christ-shaped identity shines through in his writing and teaching.

Perfect For:

• Parents and Guardians: Equip yourself to help your children and teens find confidence in who God says they are.
• Family Ministries and Small Groups: A great resource for parenting studies or family discipleship programs.
• Christian Educators and Counselors: Offers biblically rooted insight for guiding young people through today’s identity challenges.

Help your children discover a foundation that will never shift—an identity grounded not in what they do, but in who they are in Christ.