Building Faith
I find the most powerful day of the liturgical year to be the Feast of Pentecost. It is powerful for its meaning and mystery, and also powerful for its layered representation of …
Continue Reading about Faith Stages, Life Milestones, & Pentecost: A Reflection
As we enter the holiest week of the Christian liturgical year, prayers, poems, and devotionals can help us connect more deeply with the story of the last days of Jesus's life. …
Creating our lending library, which we call our “Theological Library for Young People,” has been a result of focused, slow, and ongoing attention over many years. When I started at …
Continue Reading about Creating a Children’s Lending Library for Your Church: Where To Start
Lent is a time of preparation. During this season, Christians around the world fast and pray, focusing their minds and hearts on Christ’s death and resurrection. For many of us, …
Lifelong Learning at Virginia Theological Seminary has offered Vacation Bible School reviews for more than 15 years. Beginning as an in-person “fair” and transitioning to an …
In 2021, I developed an Advent reflection series to go with the Seeking Shalom (Isaiah) resources that I had previously created, and I really loved doing it. People who …
Continue Reading about Advent: Something is Coming! A Five-Week Intergenerational Resource
Are you using Godly Play in your ministry with older adults? In many ways the people who live in retirement homes or nursing care facilities, people who have lived long, full …
Eleven years ago, I left the parish where I had been a staff member for children’s ministries for 26 years, and joined a small, diverse, welcoming congregation in a nearby town, …
Continue Reading about Pandemic Times in a Small Church: Using Our Gifts to Celebrate Our Gifts
To download this beautiful resource for use at church or at home as a PDF, click here. Introduction Blessings and prayers are practices that help ground and guide us. Prayer …
Continue Reading about Back to School Blessings & Prayers: A Handout
As a child of the ’80s and '90s, the mixtape was crucial to my upbringing. Before we were married, my husband, bandmate, and best friend would regularly make me mixtapes; the …
Continue Reading about Mixing It Up: Creating a Seasonal Spotify Playlist for Your Parish
