Teaching Tips Archives - Building Faith

The Pleasures and Perils of Reading Aloud to Children: Tips From A Children’s Book Author

Every year at our Maundy Thursday service, I told the story of Jesus’ Last Passover. Usually, the children joined me at the front …

How many times have you sat down with your leadership team to plan a program and the first question posed is, What’s our theme? …

In the decade I have been serving in Christian education, I have found that it is necessary to have a few “back-pocket” ideas that …

Asking the big, hard questions of faith with children is beautiful and challenging work. Even as we hope to nurture their …

Gender, like so many other aspects of human identity, exists on a spectrum. I’m a non-binary trans Episcopal priest, and …

If I were asked to teach a digital faith formation class two years ago, I would have written out my flipchart notes onto …

Every Sunday School classroom is neurodiverse. This is true even if you’ve never heard this term before and even if you don’t …

A friend had recently committed to mentoring a teenage girl and asked me for help because she was having trouble getting into …

Are you using Godly Play in your ministry with older adults? In many ways the people who live in retirement homes or nursing care …

Every year as Trinity Sunday rolls around, it's common to hear jokes about having the seminarian or newly ordained priest do the …

Lay preachers are uniquely dedicated to preaching—clear enough about their calling to step out of the expected lane of lay …

There is no standard Godly Play program.... Each setting has a unique context, so they each need a different story …