Are you practice The Way of Love? Read about Bishop Curry’s call to us to follow the seven principles of The Way of Love: Turn, Learn, Pray, Worship, Bess, Go, and Rest and see how one youth group begins their journey on The Way.
Another post about racism with a dose of hope
How do you begin to dismantle racism in our daily lives? Miriam writes about the challenge and the necessity of challenging and obliterating racism.
Thank you for being normal: letting children lead us
Forward Movement staff encounter a moment of radical kindness in the streets of Austin, Texas during General Convention – from a teenager.
Stories of God at Home: A Godly Play Approach
Over a decade ago, while in seminary I began researching children’s spirituality. I read whatever I could and looked at (and tried) lots of things, […]
Short-Term Mission Trips: A Privilege of the Privileged
This summer, for the ninth year in a row, I will take a group of high school students on a mission trip. I know […]
Creating Sacred Space – the making of a garden chapel
Our house gave us an unexpected gift on the first day we moved in. With our new keys in hand, we entered the backyard to […]
A Place To Run Home To: Camp Gravatt
Summer camp was not a norm for me when I was a kid. I was a competitive swimmer, and so my summer consisted of two […]
When your kids don’t love church camp
Do your kids love church camp? What do you do when they don’t? Miriam McKenney shares her experiences with her daughters when some love church camp and some don’t.
Don’t take a vacation from God! Faith Formation is year-round and lifelong.
Every year, the church-going faithful come into Pentecost with their post-Easter glow and then, well…honestly, everyone seems to disappear. The “summer slump.” as my formation […]
Learning who I want to be at Camp McDowell
“You know how God appears in lots of different ways? Like God takes on different shapes and forms, but they all add up to mean God. […]