Beloved child of God, happy wife to Keith, Assistant Professor of Educational Studies at TEDS, & Executive Director for the Center for Faith and Children @TEDS
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Mimi Larson retweeted
“Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.”
― G.K. Chesterton
“For to die well one needs to have formed, over a lifetime, a particular habitus or set of habits for integrating doctrine, spirituality and daily life.”
For those of us who work with children in the church, we would do well to pay attention to this.
My latest Outreach magazine theology column:
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I was thrilled when Sarah told me about her experience with our Children in Worship pew card. Read her story here:
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At the Center for Faith and Children, our podcast helped Rebecca have a wonderful conversation with her son about talking to God. Read the full story here:
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Another tale from the intergenerational church:
Little ones, you were quiet today, but I saw your joy as we smelled the incense. I heard your amens as we said the liturgy. And I felt your energy as you rushed past to get to communion.
I’m glad we were in church together today.
Little ones, you shouted much in church today. Thank you for reminding me of the canticle:
Thank the Lord & sing his praise; tell everyone what he has done….he leads his people forth in joy & with shouts of thanksgiving. Alleluia!
I’m glad we were in church together today.
Another tale from the intergenerational church:
Little ones, you played with your toys on the sanctuary floor, joyful and at ease in God’s presence. May we come to worship with the same joy and open hearts.
Grateful we were in church together today.
Mimi Larson retweeted
In trying to serve people where they are, churches have sorted them by life stage, with children, teens, young adults, and empty nesters siloed from one another.
But what many churches are missing is slow, relational, generational formation.
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Grateful to Matt @markins and his team for the kind invitation to the 2025 Child Discipleship Forum. Honored to be part of such a meaningful conversation about children knowing and loving Jesus in a broken world. 🙌 #ChildDiscipleshipForum
Another tale from the intergenerational church.
Little one, you were so excited at communion today that you could barely contain it, jumping up and down for joy! Thank you for reminding me that communion is a joyous event!
I am glad we were in church together today.
Mimi Larson retweeted
We should have rooms for adults who feel fussy about children making noise at Mass, rather than rooms for the children. The adults can have a window to see what's happening, or a speaker to hear what's going on.
Another tale from the intergenerational church.
Little ones, your cries…multitude of cries …during the prayers today shouted out our feelings. Thank you for reflecting to God the emotions of his people.
I am glad we were in church together today.
Another tale from the intergenerational church.
Oh little one, you screamed for your mama during communion today. Thank you for reminding me and physically representing our heart’s cry for our heavenly parent.
I am glad we were in church together today.
Just some things we are pondering at the Center for Faith and Children @FaithandChild
Tired, lonely parents struggle with superficial family discipleship programs.
But by caring for parents’ faith, the church cares for the whole family, argue @MimiLarson16, @lins_goetz, and Ahyuwani Akane. christianitytoday.com/2025/0…
A good reminder why we shouldn’t look down to the children in our midst. They show us who we really are.
Mimi Larson retweeted
How can we invite our children to worship with us and learn what it means to be the people of God?
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