Welcoming Penny
The only way for Amy Julia Becker to explain her love for her daughter was through the lens of faith. So she took a deep breath and began.
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Amy Julia Becker: It's no mistake, Penny is perfect
The author of ‘A Good and Perfect Gift’ talks about rethinking perfection and other lessons she’s learning from Penny, her daughter with Down syndrome.
Mark DeVries: Investment drives results
Healthy youth ministry is not based on a single charismatic leader, says an expert in the field. It requires congregations to invest in staff and create a vision.
Dori Baker: Teens behaving strangely
When her teenage daughter and friends began tuning in to the Sunday sermon, prepping for midweek lectionary study and bandying about words such as “eschatology” and “quadrilateral,” a mother realized that something exciting was happening in her congregation.
Eboo Patel: Look to young people for leadership in interfaith cooperation
As in every successful social movement, young people have a vital role to play in interfaith cooperation and understanding, says the founder of the Interfaith Youth Core.
Nathan Kirkpatrick: Over-investing in the young
What questions are teenagers asking about the future? Are we prepared for them?
Erin Lane: Youth ministry is not the future. It is the church right now.
Youth ministry is not just a stepping stone to real leadership.
James Howell: Leading our own children to the true God
What's it like to have one's Christian leader also be one's mom or dad?
Daniel Muvengi: Through the lens of the child
Despite its large size, World Vision International retains its Christian mission of serving the poor and oppressed by focusing on children.
Prince Raney Rivers: Measuring ministry by listening to children
Counting bricks, budgets and bodies is a good thing. Listening carefully to what the church’s children say about what we’re doing is too.