After phone calls, emails, text messages, and social media queries here are three Educational Planning Calendars for your …
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Fall Faith-at-Home Bags
For the last two and a half years my congregation has been putting together seasonal “faith-at-home” bags to support and equip …
A Festival of Creation
Last year, when we didn’t feel comfortable hosting people inside our buildings yet, we looked for a totally-outdoor Vacation Bible …
Monthly Picture Book Blog
Every time I sat on the couch for a breather when I was visiting my niece and nephew, one of them brought me "Bye-Bye Time" or …
A Prayer Book Centered Children’s Chapel
Children’s chapel can mean many things in many different contexts. When I talk about children’s chapel, I’m talking about a …
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Entering a Ministry Context Well: Preparing the Space, Staff, & Congregation
This year, I made the transition from Associate Rector at a program-sized church in downtown Chicago to solo Rector and the only …
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21st Century Faith Formation Trends
In Fashion Me A People: Curriculum in the Church (1989), Maria Harris writes, "Now we are in a time of movement toward …
The Wondering Together Project: A Simple Tool For These Hard Times
I am flattened by how helpless I have felt by the isolation and suffering uncovered, highlighted, and underscored in these past …
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Shooting Stars and Lectio Divina: A Hybrid Confirmation Class Using The Way of Love
Two years into the pandemic, we had some interest in preparing for confirmation from a few teens in our parish. Leading a class in …
Finding a Feminist Bible Study
“Remember, there are no right or wrong answers but only right questions." ~Elisabeth Schüssler FiorenzaWhen #metoo broke in the …