Youth & Children

Leading joyfully and being led by joy

‘Balcony time’ can help us recognize what brings joy to our work and how to prioritize it, writes the managing director of grants at Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.

By Victoria Atkinson White Managing director, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity

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‘I Wish My Dad: The Power of Vulnerable Conversations Between Fathers and Sons’

In this adapted excerpt from his recent book, a writer and divinity school graduate offers suggestions for healthier relationships based on dozens of interviews with men about their fathers.

By Romal Tune Author

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Making more than a home in The House Next Door

A nonprofit ministry in Idaho houses single moms rent-free while they pursue their education.

By Hayden Seder Journalist

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WonderSpace gives families something to smile about

An indoor play experience expands options for a community with a high rate of childhood poverty.

By Shari Finnell Journalist

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Freedom Schools offer a summer of possibilities for the next generation

Grounded in history, the Children’s Defense Fund Freedom Schools face the future by forming students from kindergarten through high school.

By Leslie Quander Wooldridge Journalist

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For Black teachers and Black churches: A wonder

The work of African American educators can serve as a model for churches, particularly as some public schools limit curriculum, a pastor writes.

By Candace Simpson Minister and religious educator

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Responding to gun violence

From the archives of Faith & Leadership and others, we offer resources to help Christian leaders respond to recent mass shootings, including guidance on how to talk to children.

Pride and pressure: The Easter speech

A tradition rooted in Black excellence has served as a celebration of the resurrection and a training ground for generations of children.

By Cynthia R. Greenlee Journalist

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Karen-Marie Yust and Erin Reibel: Helping create a space of spiritual nurture for children and their families

Research, social science and of-the-moment culture are adapted and translated in a project to support children’s spirituality.

When the pandemic closed schools, an existing network of congregations and others jumped in to offer meals — and more

Churches, government agencies and nonprofits that already served struggling families responded to the pandemic by ramping up their shared mission beyond providing children with summer meals.

By Dan Holly Journalist

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Women clergy and the pandemic: Weary, but not giving up

In these profiles, four clergywomen share their pandemic stories. Like many American women, they’ve struggled to balance work, home and community in lives upended by the coronavirus.

By Yonat Shimron Journalist

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