“Storytelling is our obligation to the next generation. If all we are doing is marketing, we are doing a disservice, and not only to our profession, but to our children, and their children. Give something of meaning to your audience by inspiring, engaging, and educating them with story. Stop marketing. Start storytelling.” – Laura Holloway … Continue reading Children’s Faith Development Director’s Corner 05.12.21

The Stories We Receive I just spent a little time listening to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Ted Talk, titled The Danger of a Single Story. It sparked some thoughts for me about how distorted one’s view can become both because of a single story, but also because of the confusion that results from an information overload. … Continue reading Children’s Faith Development Director’s Corner 05.05.21

“There is a you telling yourself another story of you. Listen to her.” Pádraig Ó Tuama           When I come to this month’s theme, one big question comes to mind for me: What story am I telling myself, about myself? Because I have come to realize how powerful the conversations that we have with ourselves … Continue reading Children’s Faith Development Director’s Corner 04.28.21

I have a lot on my mind today, as many events collide this week: the Derek Chauvin trial verdict, Earth Day, the GLSEN Day of Silence + Breaking the Silence events, and more, after a week of much violence and unrest in the world. We have witnessed police killing more young people of color, on … Continue reading Children’s Faith Development Director’s Corner 04.21.21

“Anti-racism is the commitment to fight racism wherever you find it, including in yourself, and it’s the only way forward.” -Ijeoma Oluo It has clearly been a week of more trauma, felt widely, but particularly here in Minnesota where police killed Daunte Wright. Today, I realized that to write about the theme of Becoming, my … Continue reading Children’s Faith Development Director’s Corner 04.14.21

“If you can see your path laid out in front of you step by step, you know it’s not your path. Your own path you make with every step you take. That’s why it’s your path.” Joseph Campbell My first year of college, living in Denver, CO, freshly out of high school brought a few … Continue reading Children’s Faith Development Director’s Corner 04.07.21

“Fertility in social movements and among people is not something we control. We cannot make new life like we make plans or money. | It’s hard to be fertile when we are not grounded. Fertility is about making new life that becomes self-determining: that does not belong to us. | If we drain ourselves as … Continue reading Children’s Faith Development Director’s Corner 03.31.21

“Most of life is choosing what you already chose, just as all writing is rewriting and all commitment-making is recommitment. Our lives are stories of recommitment.” David Brooks   There was a time, admittedly not that long ago, when anxiety became a force of resistance in me. The fear of falling short had blocked me … Continue reading Children’s Faith Development Director’s Corner 3/24/2021

Note: CFD Director Macey Forsyth is off from Friday, March 12th, to Monday, March 22nd. Before Commitment, Discernment… “Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it.” -Jean Jacques Rousseau Recently, I have been considering not only the significance of the questions we ask, but how … Continue reading Children’s Faith Development Director’s Corner 3/10/2021