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Creating a Children’s Lending Library for Your Church: Frequently Asked Questions

Creating a church lending library is the result of focused, slow, and ongoing attention over many years. After considering where …

Children's faces light up as I crouch down a bit to give them a communion wafer. They spread their fingers as wide as they …

Sometimes those rich, beautiful stories are just begging to burst out of the classroom and into another context that might not …

"We started with just three families for several months. I always call this time 'the growing pains of starting something new.' …

"Prepare for God's arrival! Make the road straight and smooth, a highway fit for our God...Then God's bright glory will shine and …

"While parental supervision is required with the flames, our Advent wreaths are designed to truly be a child's own creation and …

"Our Christian faith is rich in symbolism, both ancient and modern. Easter, after our period of study and repentance, offers us …

Henry stepped into the aisle, his beloved Eeyore in hand, and began to carefully, quietly process towards us, stepping like a …

"I'd learned that what I thought the moms wanted was probably not what they wanted at all. And what they wanted was changing as …

Something for everyone. Nourishment for spirits of all ages. Perhaps not the quiet and contemplative Advent event I thought I …

“I haven’t told anyone else about this yet . . . ” I have become the holder of many confidences. Musings, plans, ideas, and …

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 …