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About Meredith Baker

Meredith Baker is an educator, an award-winning historian, and the mother of three young children. She has been a church pianist for two decades and believes that music has incredible potential to strengthen faith. Meredith recently moved from Capitol Hill to Richmond with her family.

Expert Guest Speakers for Youth Group: Your Fellow Church Members!

October 21, 2021 By Meredith Baker Leave a Comment

What’s a good way to handle some tough topics in your youth group or Sunday School?

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Christian formation, Sunday School, youth ministry

Jesus in a Pink Sash or John Wayne Jesus? 

August 9, 2021 By Meredith Baker Leave a Comment

New children’s books and Bibles are challenging all of us to ask: what if God is bigger than our stereotypes?

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: Bible, children's Bible, children's books, Jesus

Listen! It’s a Story!

May 15, 2021 By Meredith Baker Leave a Comment

Growing up in Michigan, Uncle Charlie’s “Keys for Kids” radio show was a weekly tradition.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: audiobooks, books, Forward Movement, Podcasts

A Diamond in My Driveway

April 13, 2021 By Meredith Baker 3 Comments

I don’t advise taking the trash out at midnight in sleet conditions.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: celebrate, coronavirus, parable

Lace Tablecloths and Terrifying Bibles 

April 22, 2020 By Meredith Baker 2 Comments

A formerly homeschooled kid myself, I never felt the desire to homeschool my own children.

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Filed Under: Discipleship, Parenting, Spiritual Practices Tagged With: Bible, Christian formation, coronavirus, Faith @ Home, faith at home, parenting

Does this bag make me look holy?

March 14, 2020 By Meredith Baker 6 Comments

We need to talk about getting out the door to church on Sunday morning.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: church, parenting, Prayer

How to Save Teenagers for Eternity in Three Easy Steps

April 26, 2019 By Meredith Baker 2 Comments

As a teen, my stomach sank whenever I boarded a plane. I wasn’t scared to fly, I was nervous about sharing the gospel with my seatmate. What could be more awkward than cornering the total stranger trapped next to you to inquire about their eternal destiny? Yet that’s what my evangelical preachers told me to do on flights. 

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: discipleship, grace, salvation, teenagers, youth, youth group, youth ministry

What if God Doesn’t Want “the Best” for Your Child?

January 15, 2019 By Meredith Baker 7 Comments

Sitting around the breakfast table last year, I read through the story of the Annunciation with my children. We paused at the illustration and took in the details. Dirt floor. No windows. I asked, “Does this look like a poor person’s house or a rich person’s house?

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: failure, freedom, Holy Family, Jesus, overwhelm, parenting

Encouraging Caring and Empathy through Child Sponsorship

October 12, 2018 By Meredith Baker Leave a Comment

We scrolled through the images on the child sponsorship website. Boys and girls with dark hair, shirts buttoned all the way to the top, serious […]

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Signing Our Way Through Vacation Bible School

August 24, 2018 By Meredith Baker 1 Comment

Editor’s Note: This is the second post in Meredith Baker’s series on Whole Body Worship. In case you missed her first post on liturgical movements, […]

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