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77 faith groups get total of $92 million for innovative faith programs for children
By Adelle M. Banks — July 18, 2023
(RNS) — ‘Whether it's fragmentation, technological advances or spirituality, we need to refresh the traditional approaches to our faith,’ said one grant recipient.
New podcast finds ‘work-life-faith balance’ for modern Muslim parents
By Joseph Hammond — August 24, 2021
(RNS) — Unlike in other parenting podcasts, ‘discipline’ is as likely to mean spiritual accountability as toddler timeouts.
Back-to-school time influences congregations’ decisions on masking and meeting
By Adelle M. Banks — August 16, 2021
(RNS) — ‘We're just trying to thread the needle and try to keep kids safe, trying to keep them mostly in outdoor environments and trying to keep them connected,' said one pastor.
Survey: Religion a key topic for many millennial moms during pandemic
By Joseph Hammond — May 21, 2021
(RNS) — Nearly a third of mothers discussed faith or spirituality last year, a new survey found.
When she doesn’t want a baby
By Jana Riess — April 14, 2021
(RNS) — It’s often assumed that of course women want to be mothers — that this desire is natural, God-given and universal. It's not, Donna Freitas asserts in the new novel 'The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano.'
A Christmas without family and community
By Thomas Reese — December 23, 2020
(RNS) — Christmas celebrates God’s great surprise, but we need to see it through children’s eyes.
Parents, don’t diminish kids in #QuarantineLife
By Cindy Wang Brandt — April 8, 2020
(RNS) — Parents are quick to vent about being home all day with their kids. But kids can contribute to our mental well-being, not by being cute and delightful, but with their love and truth.
World Vision US president says ‘all hands on deck’ for pandemic
By Adelle M. Banks — April 3, 2020
(RNS) — ‘This is probably the most uncertain and concerning situation that World Vision has faced in our 70-year history,’ said Edgar Sandoval Sr.
Joanne Rogers: On her husband Fred Rogers’ commitment to prayer, church, children
By Adelle M. Banks — November 15, 2019
(RNS) — ‘He did that every morning,’ Joanne Rogers recalled of his practice of praying for people by name. ‘And he had a legal pad with all the names on it that he wanted to remember.’
Parenting after faith shift, progressive Christians look for new resources
By Emily McFarlan Miller — September 13, 2019
(RNS) — Faith shifts can raise even more questions for millennials and other young adults as they begin to have children.
Faith like a child: An interview with a ‘childist’ biblical scholar
By Emily McFarlan Miller — September 13, 2019
(RNS) — Julie Faith Parker, associate professor of biblical studies at General Theological Seminary in New York City, is one of the pioneering scholars in the field of childist biblical interpretation — a term she helped introduce in biblical studies in the last decade.
What dying children can teach America about responding to shootings
By Justin Baker — November 9, 2018
(RNS) — Accompanying children with cancer on their journey, an oncologist says, has taught him that we need show up for those who are grieving.
Houses of worship mobilize for back-to-school time
By Bobby Ross Jr. — August 6, 2018
OKLAHOMA CITY (RNS) — For the poor, buying crayons and pencils, much less shoes and jackets, can be a major financial burden, which has inspired many houses of worship nationwide to get involved.
Christian camps get creative to attract youth in a tech-distracted age
By Steve Rabey — July 30, 2018
(RNS) — Nearly half of the estimated 14 million Americans going to camp this summer will be attending Christian camps.
A new book for progressive Christian families aims to fill a kid-lit gap
By Emily McFarlan Miller — July 27, 2018
(RNS) — A lack of books and other resources for progressive Christian families is why Daneen Akers recently launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise money to write a children’s book of her own, 'Holy Troublemakers and Unconventional Saints.'
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