Taking time to prepare to cross the threshold into church with intention and readiness helps people of all ages worship more …
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Taking time to prepare to cross the threshold into church with intention and readiness helps people of all ages worship more …
Continue Reading about Helping Children Prepare for Worship: Objects, Practices & Support

Caring for creation is holy. From the beginning, we’ve been entrusted with caring for our world and all things wooly, scaley, and …

This land is your land, but it once was my landBefore we sold you Manhattan IslandYou pushed my nation to the reservationThis land …
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“The first time my grandmother ever saw a white person was when she was a young girl. She saw them coming and she ran and got her …
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At the time of this writing, we are fourteen months into the COVID-19 pandemic. Whether you lost a loved one to the virus, …
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I’m a big believer in giving the children’s sermon as much thought as I do any other part of worship. Creating A Children's …

We believe in a God that prevails over fear, evil, and death. We can laugh at scary costumes because we know that evil, death, and …

Sometimes those rich, beautiful stories are just begging to burst out of the classroom and into another context that might not …
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So how do you do Godly Play authentically in “big” circles like this one? By holding fast to those things that support the circle …
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Cookie Church is a child-centered-but-not-just-for-kids, mostly child-led evening liturgy...We want to invite kids deeper into our …
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