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Reading with an Easter Lens

April 18, 2022 By Emily Watkins Leave a Comment

When approached to write a post with Easter books my first thought was, “Every truly good book is an Easter book.”

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Filed Under: Easter Tagged With: children's books, Easter, Easter basket

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

Picture Books, The Way of Love, & Becoming Beloved Community

July 31, 2019 By Miriam McKenney 2 Comments

Picture books offer a way to explore The Way of Love and Becoming Beloved Community. Here’s a list that you can sort by practice to use for formation at home and in your faith communities.

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Filed Under: Spiritual Practices, Way of Love Tagged With: Becoming Beloved Community, bless, book list, children's books, children's literature, Go, Learn, picture books, pray, rest, Turn, Way of Love, worship

Reading Aloud

July 5, 2019 By Sarah Carr 3 Comments

When we had our first babies, reading aloud was a way to pass the time, from Narnia to seminary homework.

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Filed Under: Discipleship, Parenting, Uncategorized Tagged With: books, children, children's books, parenting, reading

Growing in the knowledge and love of God over the summer

May 21, 2019 By Melody Wilson Shobe Leave a Comment

As you make your plans for summer study or travel, for camps and play dates, consider making some time for summer formation as well.  After all, your kids (at least) might have some extra time, and what better opportunity to grow in the knowledge and love of God?!

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Filed Under: Discipleship, Parenting Tagged With: children's Bible, children's books, Christian formation, Illustrated Children's Ministry, Lego, parenting, reading, science, summer

Lenten Reading List

March 10, 2019 By Emily Watkins Leave a Comment

One of the most delightful ways to observe Lent with children is to share stories about the life of Jesus including his death and resurrection, and Easter traditions.

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Filed Under: Lent, Uncategorized Tagged With: books, children's books, Holy Week, Lent, reading

Good Book Club: A Beginning

January 13, 2019 By Emily Watkins Leave a Comment

Tonight one of my boys burst into tears just as I grabbed the bible to start our reading of Romans. He had just remembered that he lost his homework that is due tomorrow and half-way finished.* I took a deep breath. “We’ll find it buddy, it is time to read Romans now.”

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Filed Under: Discipleship, Spiritual Practices Tagged With: Bible, children, children's books, patience, Romans, The Good Book Club

Learning Pastoral Care from the Animal Kingdom

October 4, 2018 By Fr. Patrick Funston 1 Comment

Before seminary, my priest would often send me off to do children’s chapel.  She made working with kids a requirement of my internship even though […]

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: animals, children's books, Listening, pastoral care

I Spy a Giveaway!

September 19, 2018 By Allison Sandlin Liles Leave a Comment

A couple of weeks ago I laid down with my nine-year-old son to read Lindsay Hardin Freeman’s book The Spy on Noah’s Ark. I flipped […]

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Filed Under: Parenting, Uncategorized Tagged With: Bible, children's books, Forward Movement, giveaway

Grandpa’s Tent: Talking with children about death

August 10, 2018 By Sarah Kinney Gaventa Leave a Comment

Last night my husband and I went to see the movie based on Fred Roger’s ministry, Won’t You Be My Neighbor. In the 1980s, his show […]

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: children, children's books, death, Forward Movement, grief

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