Bibliographies

The basic underpinnings of Christian worship include statements or ideas that we want every children to be able to express:  I love you and I am loved, I’m sorry, thank you, I have gifts to use in my community. When children participate in prayers of confession, when they...

The earliest stories of our faith describe a wandering people.  And the Israelites are told to remember the experience of having to leave their homes and use it to inform their lives after they are settled again.  “You shall not wrong a stranger or oppress him, for you were...

In many congregations, fall is a time when a specific emphasis on stewardship begins.  Although almost always tied to encouraging financial gifts to support God’s work in a particular setting, stewardship is best understand as our faithful and grateful response to...

We were contacted recently with a request for books that might help congregations with conversations around current events in Ferguson, New York, and other places where the justice system is affected by prejudice. We thought this was an interesting suggestion, and began thinking...

Bed time for the young child.  It may be a happy moment of sharing or a life and death struggle.  Indeed, bedtime for children between one and six may be a little like death for they live in the present moment and have little sense of tomorrow. This is one reason why the end of a...

Dr. Pamela Mitchell-Legg, professor of Christian Education at the Union Presbyterian Seminary Charlotte campus, continues to teach her course on children’s and adolescents’ literature that was the impetus for this blog.  As we move into Advent and Christmas, she...

Dr. Pamela Mitchell-Legg, professor at Union Presbyterian Seminary in Charlotte, teaches a course on using children’s and adolescent literature in the church.  (It was her students’ work that provided the push to get this blog going!)  She offers a gift of a...

Librarian and regular reviewer Janet Lloyd offers a collection of suggestions for Christmas reading with elementary students. Click on the link below to print these bibliographies.  And don’t forget, we would love to hear your suggestions for books to use with this age group. ...

Librarian and regular reviewer Janet Lloyd offers a collection of suggestions for Christmas reading with young children through preschoolers. Click on the link below to print this bibliography.  And don’t forget, we would love to hear your suggestions for books to use with...