We Must Let the Tears Fall: Building Empathy and Talking with Children about Living in a Broken World

By Jia Starr Brown February 26, 2026

In true parenting and caregiver fashion, we spend a lot of our hopeful time pointing our young..

Feel Free to Cancel!

By Katie Rich December 18, 2025

Snow days are one of the few things in our lives that can actually make plans stop. When roads are..

Creating Funeral Care Kits for Kids at Your Church

By Katie Rich October 9, 2025

What do you do with a kid at a funeral?  Do they come to the visitation? Do they stay for the lunch?..

Growing Roots: Halloween

By Jia Starr Brown September 25, 2025

Ahhh, welcome to October - the season changing trees, colder breeze (weather!)…and the beginning..

7 Freebies from Augsburg Fortress and Sparkhouse

By Karin Berdahl May 29, 2025

Did you know that there are several free resources you can access through Augsburg Fortress and..

“Acting Up” in Sunday School

By Mark Burnette February 27, 2025

In his comedy As You Like It, Shakespeare wrote, “All the world's a stage.” Although many may..

Encouraging Kids to Try a New Summer Faith Experience

By Ruth Sall June 11, 2024

Summer days are in full swing. Vacation Bible school programs, worship and arts camps, outdoor..

Talking to Children about Politics

By Emily E. Ewing May 21, 2024

As politics heat up throughout the summer and into the fall, talking to kids about politics—as with..

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