Content warning: This article discusses the topic of suicide. It’s been 21 years since my first youth ministry job and three …
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Content warning: This article discusses the topic of suicide. It’s been 21 years since my first youth ministry job and three …
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"There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens" (Eccl 3:1, NIV). A time for worship, study, …
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Building Faith has featured a number of articles with prayers and blessings for the seasons and holy days of the liturgical year. …
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This January, I had the privilege to present on prioritizing wellness in a church setting at FORMA. I felt honored and excited by …

Throughout the church year, many appropriate opportunities for gift-giving arise, including confirmation, graduation, and thanks …
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It’s estimated that nearly 1 in 5 adults in the US, or more than 50 million people, suffer from some form of mental illness. That …
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It can be intimidating, as a new campus minister, to think about campus outreach. Where's the highest foot traffic place to table? …

These days when I talk to fellow families, I hear the same echoes in our voices. We’re weary. We need …
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During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Rev. Jennifer McNally and the Rev. Anna V. Ostenso Moore collaborated to …
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There were so many things I didn’t know when I became a mother. I didn’t know how to change a diaper; the hospital nurse showed …
