Articles

Article Let the Children Come: Kids Coming to Church Without Parents
- By Reggie Blount
- Posted on April 18th, 2013
“Then little children were being brought to him in order that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples spoke sternly to those who brought them; but Jesus said, …
Article They Call It Heartbreak Hill
- By Adam Thomas
- Posted on April 16th, 2013
They call it Heartbreak Hill. It rises between the twentieth and twenty-first miles of the route of the Boston Marathon. It’s not much of a hill, unless you’ve been…
Article Ideas for Elementary School-Aged Children
- By Lavinia Thornton Odejimi and Rev. Marilyn E. Thornton
- Posted on April 16th, 2013
“This will be our reply to violence: To make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before.” —Leonard Bernstein These activities can…
Article Congregations as Families of Faith: Beyond Age-Level Ministries
- By Deech Kirk
- Posted on April 16th, 2013
According to national studies like Fuller Youth Institute’s “Sticky Faith” (www.stickyfaith.org) and the National Study of Youth and Religion…
Article Evil Doesn't Win
- By Andy Stoddard
- Posted on April 16th, 2013
April 16 is not my favorite day of the year. This is the day that I remember the power of evil and sin to destroy lives. And it’s the day that reminds me that in the…
Article Talking to Children Following the Boston Marathon Bombing...And Listening!
- By Melanie Gordon
- Posted on April 15th, 2013
Here we are again at a place where we need to reassure children that they are safe even when we may not feel safe ourselves. Shock, fear, anxiety, anger, and confusion are normal, …