Lent is a season that brings us before our humanity. The Lenten prayers and liturgies with which Christians may be most familiar …
Letter from the Editor: 12 Highlights from 2025
Dear Building Faith Community,Happy Advent! I hope this season has brought you meaningful moments of waiting, hoping, and …
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Contemplation as Essential Practice for Sustainable Ministry
"We must find sources of strength and renewal for our own spirits, lest we perish. We must learn to be quiet, to settle in one …
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“The Gifts They Bring”: A Resource for Empowering and Including Children and Youth in Churches
Have you ever envisioned James and John of the infamous Peter, James, and John trio as teenage youth? Is that thought blowing your …
Prayers for Transgender Day of Remembrance
November 20 is Transgender Day of Remembrance. It is a day to remember, grieve, and honor the lives of transgender persons who …
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The Hard and Holy Work of Talking to Young Children about Death
Sometimes in our work with children, we rub up against the edges of what Jerome Berryman called “existential limits." He named …
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Hallmarks of Intergenerational Worship: Intentionality
In the spring of 2025, the Roots & Wings: Intergenerational Formation Collaborative grant team conducted a literature review. …
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Hallmarks of Intergenerational Worship: Dignified Reciprocity
In the spring of 2025, the Roots & Wings: Intergenerational Formation Collaborative grant team conducted a literature review. …
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Hallmarks of Intergenerational Worship: Flexibility
In the spring of 2025, the Roots & Wings: Intergenerational Formation Collaborative grant team conducted a literature review. …
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Advent Calendars for 2025
Growing up our family had one of the Avon Christmas Countdown Calendars from 1987 with the mouse that moved from one day to the …