TGIF (Monday, Monday)
Enjoying creation in its fullness comes with taste, smell, sight, sound, and touch. What is the rhythm of your life where a moment comes and you say, TGIF?
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Enjoying creation in its fullness comes with taste, smell, sight, sound, and touch. What is the rhythm of your life where a moment comes and you say, TGIF?
I believe wholeheartedly that reflection is something that we as Christians need to integrate into our daily lives. Here's why.
I’m interested in hearing how this strikes you. How will it help you in ministry in your congregation? What concerns do you have?
The depth and stability of (faith) formation are directly tied to the depth and stability of the social and cultural environment in which it takes place. How much depth and stability are we providing there?
Any experiences or thoughts about keeping ourselves vigilant and accepting of surprises?
We just finished using Esther DeWaal's Seeking God. It's a fine introduction to the Rule of Benedict. And why Benedict? Toynbee calls the Rule the "mustard seed of western civilization," and it's not hard to see why.
What do you see parents doing that captured teaching moments for children’s faith? Do you have stories that would benefit others?
I’m convinced that churches which practice infant baptism have a problem. And it’s not a problem they are usually aware of.
I'm wondering if anyone else has concerns about the phrase "faith formation." Some of us discussed this at a recent classis meeting. Many thought it was vague and would have preferred a confessional or biblical phrase.
What led us to buy into the myth that most formation happens early? Who sold us the story that formation isn’t life-long? And how would our ministries and our energies be redirected if we really adopted the life-long viewpoint?
I read some great books recently that I want to suggest to Christians. We need to gain knowledge. Knowledge is power.
I have spoken with a few congregations that would like to try this and would benefit greatly from others' experiences.
If you missed it, you can read more and watch the full recording here on www.crcna.org/webinars. Let's use this discussion forum to keep the conversation going, sharing tips, experiences, resources.
I often wonder what Karlie, my 15-month-old granddaughter is learning. I’m wondering what she is learning when she experiences everyone else partaking of the Lord’s Supper.
Four years and two months ago our daughter Sarah died of leukemia. For the last couple years of Sarah's life, after the diagnosis, God gave her calm, a contentment, a peace, that blessed us then, and still does.
We have a woman who will be baptized as a new believer soon, and she has a son in grade 2. While it is clear that the mother shall be baptized we need wisdom with respect to the son.
When I first read these words “Where young Christians should go to church and why” I thought to myself, “They can go wherever they want to!” As I read on, I realized that the person making the recommendation was one of the leading Christian churchmen of our time. Let me share what I learned with you.
This webinar will build on intergenerational biblical foundations and provide a wide variety of ideas and resources for strengthening the interaction between the generations in our congregations.
This webinar was recorded on: Thu, 05/30/2013 This webinar introduces some of the sobering statistics about youth staying, leaving and returning to church in Canada.