Embodied learning inspires embodied faith. To support embodied learning experiences, teachers need to create environments where …
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Embodied learning inspires embodied faith. To support embodied learning experiences, teachers need to create environments where …
Continue Reading about Embodied Faith: Facilitating Sensory Engagements in Christian Formation

Exactly one year ago, our working team’s leader, the late Rachel Graves Jones, circulated a list of questions to help spark our …
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Often when a disaster happens, ministry leaders and congregations are inundated with immediate and physical needs. As they respond …
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At St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Beaufort, North Carolina, in the back of the church, you can find canvas bags filled with all …
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Growing up our family had one of the Avon Christmas Count-Down Calendars from 1987 with the mouse that moved from one …

I (Jodi) have a confession to make: I don’t like Christmas pageants. It's not just the significant planning that they can require. …
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I’ve written about how to build a checkout library for children and households before in Creating a Children’s Lending Library for …
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About a year ago, our Children’s Formation Committee decided to make a big change to the children's formation program. Our …
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May is Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in the U.S. The theme that the Federal Asian Pacific …
During the Easter season of 2020, when Christian formation could not take place onsite, I led an online intergenerational …
