A Lesson from Winnie-the-Pooh How to Engage Children with Scripture By Sarah Puryear At six years old, my son is squarely in a Winnie-the-Pooh phase, which makes my husband and me very glad since we love those stories ourselves. Introd... Read More...
COVID, Children, and Catechesis By Jenny Andison When I was a young girl, my father often urged me to heed Churchill’s famous advice: “Jenny, never waste a good crisis!” Churchill’s mantra has been running around in my head during this “ti... Read More...
Learning to Be God’s Child Unlike me, God is patient. God is good. God doesn’t need us to pay attention to him but he keeps working at us anyway.
Plural Pedagogies in the Anglican Church of Canada In the event of an apocalypse, are parents or bishops more essential for the survival of the church? My vote is with the former. Far more people are converted by their parents than by bishops.
The malice of perpetual outrage We talk about helicopter parents, but society has become filled with helicopter observers, who presume tragedy would be averted if they were in control.
Resource round-up: faith at home The good news is that there are so many wonderful and creative ways to do faith formation in the home. Making faith a part of our family doesn’t require that we spend hours sitting in straight-backed chairs while someone reads from the Bible in a monotone voice, nor does it require a divinity degree or encyclopedic knowledge of the Bible on the part of the parents. It does require time, attention, and conversation, as we create habits that help us acknowledge Christ and his presence within our homes.
At home at the monastery Manny and Jessica Archuleta have a blog called Every Home a Monastery. That name reflects the central purpose of their life together as a married couple and parents of children — “striving to live the Christian... Read More...
Autism and everything after As many Covenant readers know, my oldest son is on the autism spectrum. Just this past spring, my younger son was also diagnosed with autism.
