Being a teenager can be particularly hard right now, but hope lingers on
As they head into summer, teenagers may find that world events mean a less restorative season than usual. Adults can help by being attentive and truly listening to them.
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Trusting youth to lead
As some churches scramble for a quick solution to waning youth programs, a Lexington, Kentucky, church has found success in building over time and empowering their young people as leaders.
Link to author Kory Wilcoxson
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Kory Wilcoxson
Pastor and journalist
Restorative justice practices teach high school students to share stories and resolve conflict
A nonprofit hosts conversation circles in schools as part of its commitment to healing trauma and preventing violence in Chicago’s Bronzeville community.
Link to author Alison Bowen
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Alison Bowen
Journalist
Advice for Epiphany: ‘Keep your eyes on the baby!’
Watching a 2-year-old reminds a loving grandmother of the way Epiphany grounds us, revealing a baby — the Christ child.
Link to author Gretchen E. Ziegenhals
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Gretchen E. Ziegenhals
Spiritual director and retreat leader
Helping children of the incarcerated during Black August
Food insecurity among children who have a parent in jail or prison is an often-overlooked consequence of the U.S. prison-industrial complex. This month’s commemoration of the struggle for Black liberation is an opportunity to highlight that, writes a food justice activist.
Link to author Yvette R. Blair-Lavallais
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Yvette R. Blair-Lavallais
Writer, pastor, public theologian and food justice activist
Luis Cortés: Esperanza builds an ‘opportunity community’ for Latinos in Philadelphia
Institution building is key to developing a new generation of leaders, says the founder and CEO of one of the nation’s largest Hispanic-serving faith-based nonprofits.
From Chicago basement to international stage, the power of collaboration fueled a Latino-led nonprofit working with youth
In its early days, a startup nonprofit working to make the Bible more accessible to young people in urban areas found a crucial community partner. The result of their collaboration is a lesson for us all, writes a director of programs and grants for Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
Link to author Elizabeth Tamez Méndez
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Elizabeth Tamez Méndez
Director of Programs and Grants, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity
A beacon of hope shines for LGBTQ+ youth in Florida
Through The Lighthouse, some Florida churches are offering a nonreligious ministry of presence that focuses on God’s love for all, opening doors for both young people and other institutions.
Link to author Catherine Montgomery
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Catherine Montgomery
Founder and executive director, The Lighthouse
A place where interfaith families can be wholly together
In Maryland, families have gathered for almost three decades to create a faith community where they can fully explore their religious identities without sacrificing their heritage.
Link to author Edie Gross
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Edie Gross
Journalist
Fuller Seminary heads up ambitious ecumenical project to engage millions of young people
Five years in the making, the TENx10 project aims to “help faith matter more” for 10 million teens in 10 years. The effort has involved many groups across the church and might serve as a model for more collaborations.
Link to author G. Jeffrey MacDonald
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G. Jeffrey MacDonald
Journalist and UCC minister
Jo Nygard Owens: Sharing our creativity draws others to God
A pastor turned graphic designer and entrepreneur discusses her call, her creative process and some of what she’s learned about church communications.
