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Histories of Children’s Religious Malformation
Many discussions of children’s religious education focus on the ‘nuts and bolts’ of children’s ministry approaches and practices or the intersections of development and faith formation. However, there’s another area that needs our attention: the historical and continuing malformation of children’s lives by religious institutions because of intentional or implicit bias. An example of such…
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Make an REA New Year’s Resolution
Happy New Year! Whether you typically make new year’s resolutions or not, I hope you will resolve this year to propose a paper, collaborative session, or poster that explores some aspect of the conference theme “Whose Children Are They? Responsibilities for religious formation of a new generation”. Proposals are accepted online (REA 2023 Proposal Submissions)…
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Listening to children
Eileen Campbell-Reed, in the 3MMM podcast (three minute ministry mentoring) talks about what is being learned coming out of the pandemic, and in this entry focuses on what it can mean to listen to children.