Kids have questions. A lot of questions. Why do I need Jesus? What is salvation? Why do people get baptized? Why do we pray? What does the Bible actually say? Why do Christians celebrate Easter? What does it mean to follow Jesus?
Sometimes the question is simply, “But… what about?” I love that question.
After more than a decade in kids ministry, I learned something that changed the way I talked to children about faith: kids can handle big ideas. They don’t need us to make everything smaller. They need us to explain it clearly. Give kids a big theological idea, explain why it matters, show them what the Bible says, connect it to something they understand, and then give them room to ask questions. You’ll be amazed at what they can grasp. That’s the heart of What About?
Don’t talk down to kids. Talk to them.
I’ve spent years creating stories, shows, VBS experiences, illustrations, and conversations designed to help thousands of kids understand big ideas about God. I learned pretty quickly that children don’t need everything about faith turned into a cute little lesson. They can handle truth. They can handle mystery. They can handle the Bible being strange sometimes. They can handle big questions. They can even handle theology. They just need someone willing to talk to them honestly.
That’s what these books are designed to do.
And they’re meant to be used together.
What About? isn’t meant to replace a parent. It’s not supposed to take the place of a kids’ pastor or children’s ministry. It’s meant to help start a conversation.
When you work with thousands of kids, you also meet a lot of parents. Many of those parents love Jesus and want their kids to know Him—but don’t feel equipped to talk about spiritual things. They know what they believe. They just aren’t always sure how to explain it to a child.
The good news? You don’t have to be a theologian. You don’t have to have every answer. You just have to be willing to sit down with your kid and say, “That’s a great question. Let’s talk about it.”
Every What About? book is designed to help you do exactly that. Read it together. Talk about it. Ask questions. Look at what Scripture says. Wonder about the big stuff. Do it at the pace that fits you and your child. Take your time—it’s not a race.
God isn’t afraid of questions.
This is the part that’s super important to me. I was a curious kid. My kids were curious kids. And after years of talking with thousands of children, I’ve learned that questions aren’t something we need to shut down when it comes to faith. They’re something we should encourage.
Most of the people who met Jesus had questions. A lot of them. Jesus wasn’t afraid of those questions. He answered people with truth, love, patience, and sometimes a little humor. He sat and talked with people. So why would we teach kids that asking questions about God is somehow a bad thing?
God isn’t afraid of your questions. So you don’t have to be afraid of them either.
Big theology. Clear language. Real life.
What About? takes some of the biggest ideas of Christian faith and explains them in ways kids can actually understand. The books are grounded in Scripture and serious about theological truth, but they’re also conversational. There are questions to think about, things to remember, illustrations, examples, a little humor, and plenty of opportunities to stop and say, “Wait… what about that?”
Understanding what we believe matters. But so does understanding why we believe it—and what difference it makes when we walk out the front door and get back to real life. After all, even for kids, faith isn’t just something we learn. It’s something we live.
And ultimately, this is about relationship.
At its heart, Christianity isn’t simply a list of things we are supposed to know. It’s Jesus. It’s knowing God. It’s being loved by Him, learning to trust Him, and talking to Him. Our faith is all about discovering what it means to follow Him through ordinary days, hard days, joyful days, and all the wonderfully messy days in between.
That’s why these books aren’t designed to pressure kids into having all the answers. They’re designed to give them space to learn, wonder, ask, and discover. Faith is personal, and some of the biggest questions a child will ever ask deserve the opportunity to be explored honestly.
So… What About?
What About? began with a simple book about baptism that I created with a client years ago. I eventually made it my own, put it on Amazon, and discovered that churches were using it to help kids prepare for baptism. That little book kept selling, and I kept thinking about all the other conversations I’d had with kids over the years.
Eventually I realized: I wanted to make the books I wish I’d had when I was a kids’ pastor.
Books that didn’t assume kids already knew everything. Or talk down to them. Books that gave parents a way into conversations they might otherwise feel unprepared to have. Books that said, “Here is what Christians believe. Here is what the Bible says. Here is why it matters. And it’s okay to ask questions.”
That’s What About?
Big questions. Big theology. Real conversations. A really big God.
And hopefully, a whole lot of moments where a kid looks at the page, looks at their parent, and says, “Okay… but what about?”
