Relationship in Love
I’ll choose love over comfort in order to know and be known by Christ.
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I’ll choose love over comfort in order to know and be known by Christ.
Here are four ways to think about post-pandemic faith formation in your congregation, plus resources to help.
Here are a few creative, simple ways to use God’s Big Pentecost Story, a free downloadable resource, to celebrate Pentecost.
Did Jesus have second thoughts about dying for me? Was I, am I, worth dying for?
Here’s how building themed “playlists” can help ministry leaders support faith formation at home.
Looking for a simple, meaningful way to equip families to retell the Pentecost story with their kids? Try this!
My world was crazy: parenting 4 kids, changes in my business ownership, American politics, and the pandemic. The idea of naming the crazy and naming a way forward definitely caught my attention.
Here are 4 ways to grow with emerging adults (in a world that is vastly different from the world in which their parents came of age).
Check out this free family Pentecost devotion and simple but meaningful ideas for celebrating the coming of the Holy Spirit with kids.
What faith-forming resources would you add to an Easter basket for teenage girls?
If you’re engaged in ministry with children, you won't want to miss this newsletter!
Kids Corner is excited to share Easter resources designed to help your whole family connect with God!
Looking for a Lent devotional? Here are some good options.
This year, we’ve once again been given a very special opportunity to encourage and equip families as they engage the Holy Week stories together in their homes. Here's how to do it.
When overwhelmed by the pain and sorrow of the world, I hold up an imaginary one-inch frame; allowing the image that fits in that frame to be my starting point.
I'm looking for a Bible study that can be done without a facilitator for my sister-in-law who has a head injury. She is 51 and at about a 13 to 14 year old level intellectually. Any ideas?
A member of our congregation pointed out that reading “A Mighty Fortress Is our God” isn’t the same as singing it. Here's what he did about it.
Here are 3 resources that can help congregations rethink faith formation for both the empty nester crowd and those in their late adulthood.
Fran’s photo taken in 2015 instantly drew me in; I loved it at first sight! And it’s literally worth a thousand words.
I pray these resources will give you hope and encouragement as we follow Jesus in our calling as a people passionate about ministry to teens and emerging adults.
Why am I talking about broken old rocking chairs this Christmas? Maybe it's because they help remind me why Jesus came.
Make Christmas cookies that relate to the Christmas story. Here are some easy shapes and wondering questions to get you started.
Are you struggling to find your Christmas joy amid the pandemic? Focus on God's precious gifts of hope, peace, love, and joy even amid the challenges.
For my own sanity and in the effort to do what’s best for my kids, I need to get off this roller coaster of feelings about “real” vs “online” church.
Advent is the perfect time to not feel like singing. Think about that first Christmas night. A pregnant virgin. Tired shepherds. God did not meet them in their passion, but in their emptiness.