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Simple Things: A Pre-School Tweak
If there is one thing we’ve learned as Christian educators during this pandemic, it’s that many of our parents were ill-prepared to take on the role of being faith-formers at home when our church buildings closed and our church programmes were shuttered. And, it...
Simple Things: A New Arena for Simpler Sundays
It’s Sunday morning and the youth Sunday school teachers are MIA. It’s Sunday morning and the children’s Sunday school teachers are accounted for, but no young people are to be found. It’s Sunday morning and traditional Sunday school has become a thing of the past. If...
Simple Things: Young People Being Kind
In the summer of 2019, two young sisters set out to spread kindness around their small county in Kentucky. They created “Be Kind” yard signs and sold them to local neighbors and merchants who proudly display them in their front yards and businesses. Money raised by...
Simple Things: A Story Journey
"We're doing a Story Journey tomorrow to go along with our church's yard, garden and bake sale. We're featuring Laura Alary's book, What Grew in Larry's Garden. We're so excited." My good friend, Laura Duggin, minister at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Newmarket,...
Five Favourite Web-Based Resources for Faith Formation
five favourite web-based resources for faith formation
Five Favorite Ways to Nurture Your Faith and Care for Yourself
This summer, The Advocate has been highlighting resources – our Top Five Favorites to support and sustain faith formation and ministry. We close this series thinking about self-care. How do we nurture our own faith? What activities have nurtured our soul in this past year? The four of us at the Advocate share our self-care and faith nurturing, and we invite you to fill in Number 5. What has been the thing that has nurtured your soul?
Unforced Rhythms of Grace
“Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion?” (Matthew 11:28, The Message) I don’t know about you, but I can answer yes to all three of these questions! We are in need of a real rest! This is what we were thinking back in 2020 when we began planning for...
Developing Theological Imagination
Imagine that a more just world is possible. A world without poverty is possible. But first, WE have to imagine it.
What If We Did Things Differently?
When we, the church, reach out to help others, we tend to follow traditional protocols–as if assistance is one size fits all. And why would we not? After all, all things work together for good for those who love God and are called according to God’s purpose, right? (Romans 8:28)
Noticing Unforced Rhythms of Grace
Everywhere, the Spirit whispers: Let go. Grieve. Walk and work with me. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace.