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March 2021: "Grieve"

You Gotta Cry Sometimes

March 2021: "Grieve"

A Note from the Editorial Team…

March 2021: "Grieve"

Offering Support for Pandemic Grief

March 2021: "Grieve"

Grief, Loss and Care Through a Pandemic

March 2021: "Grieve"

Hearing BIPOC Young People During Times of Crisis

March 2021: "Grieve"

Hate Speech: Praying Against the Enemy in the Old Testament

January 2021: "Holding Loosely"

This I Know

January 2021: "Holding Loosely"

Planting and Watering

January 2021: "Holding Loosely"

Navigating Through Change

January 2021: "Holding Loosely"

Keys to the Church

January 2021: "Holding Loosely"

Holding Loosely

December 2020: "The Theology of Technology"

Technology and the Power to Reshape

By tbuegler on April 2, 2021 • ( 1 Comment )

You Gotta Cry Sometimes

by Joe Davis I sat in silence on the edge of my bed,with traffic jam thoughts piling inside of my head,nerves vibrating, tightening like a spider web thread, and I gently […]

By tbuegler on March 30, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

A Note from the Editorial Team…

Grace and peace! We have all been living in this “in between” time for the last year. It isn’t what it was, and it’s not what it will be, and […]

By tbuegler on March 30, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Offering Support for Pandemic Grief

by Joy Hensel On the Road to Emmaus  Now on that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus about seven miles from Jerusalem and talking […]

By tbuegler on March 30, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Grief, Loss and Care Through a Pandemic

by Mark Jackson A few weeks into the pandemic, I received the call no youth leader wants to get: “One of our teens died in a car accident last night. […]

By tbuegler on March 30, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Hearing BIPOC Young People During Times of Crisis

An Interview with Rev. Priscilla Paris-Austin: Connect Journal: We’ve been living in a pandemic for over a year, accompanied by uprisings, protests, and heightened awareness of and actions against systemic […]

By tbuegler on March 28, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Hate Speech: Praying Against the Enemy in the Old Testament

by Dr. Michael Chan The Old Testament contains numerous poems in which people ask for help, protest their suffering and plead with God for intervention. Some of these poets even […]

By tbuegler on February 9, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

This I Know

by Rev. Angela T. Khabeb St. Francis of Assisi encourages Jesus followers to “wear this world like a loose garment.” These are wise words to live by, especially given the […]

By tbuegler on February 9, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Planting and Watering

by Dr. Scott Cormode Someday this pandemic will cease. Someday we will emerge from our sheltering in place. Someday our youth groups will meet again. What then? What do we […]

By tbuegler on February 9, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Navigating Through Change

by Kelly Sherman-Conroy “The only thing that is constant is change.” This is a quote from a Greek philosopher. I don’t think I need to quote a Greek philosopher for […]

By tbuegler on February 9, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Keys to the Church

by Rev. Kelly Chatman I was 5 years old when my parents moved our family from the segregated South to the industrial North. We were a part of what is […]

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Recent Issues

  • December 2020: "The Theology of Technology"
  • Fall 2019: "Failing Forward"
  • January 2021: "Holding Loosely"
  • March 2021: "Grieve"
  • Sept 2020: "Ministry During Pandemic"
  • Summer 2020: "Childhood and Youth Trauma"
  • Winter 2019: "Why Nobody Wants to do Bible Study Anymore"
  • Winter 2020: "Practice Not Perfect"

Recent Articles

  • You Gotta Cry Sometimes
  • A Note from the Editorial Team…
  • Offering Support for Pandemic Grief
  • Grief, Loss and Care Through a Pandemic
  • Hearing BIPOC Young People During Times of Crisis

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March, 2021:
“Grieve”

May, 2021:
“Re-Entry”

July, 2021:
“Shift…Shifted…Shifting”

September, 2021:
“Ministry with LGBTQIA+ Young People”

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