At the 2017 Faith Forward gathering, Jennifer McLaughlin decided to start a revolution through her church's VBS. Now it's a flourishing program where children, teen volunteers, and adult leaders meet to unpack and dismantle racism in their lives and their communities. Jennifer tells us how this change happened and gives advice for how others can start their own anti-racist VBS.

What can families do to nurture faith in the midst of quarantine? Traci Smith offers helpful advice and practical ideas for integrating spiritual practices and prayer into the everyday lives of families.

In this episode, Brian McLaren and Dave Csinos reflect on the conversation they shared ten years ago that launched the Faith Forward movement. What’s changed since then? What challenges persist? How can ministry with children and youth be a catalyst for new kinds of Christianity? Brian shares his hopes and concerns for the future of Christianity and how it is by doubting the versions of Christianity they have inherited that young people pave new roads for us all.

Cindy Wang Brandt joins Dave Csinos to share about how healthy spirituality can be fostered in families healing from religious trauma. An unfundamentalist parenting advocate and author of Parenting Forward, Cindy offers insights about the importance of seeing children and youth as whole human beings worthy of dignity and just how radical this perspective is in contemporary churches and the world at large.

Dave Csinos is joined by Daneen Akers to discuss how learning about unconventional faith leaders can catalyze a spirit of faith-filled activism among children and youth. Daneen shares about how a dearth of resources for progressive families spurred her toward creating “Holy Troublemakers and Unconventional Saints,” an illustrated children's storybook about people of diverse faiths who rocked the religious boat on behalf of love and justice.

Activist-theologian Robyn Henderson-Espinoza joins Dave Csinos to talk about how leaders in ministry with children and youth can create runways for lives of imagination, activism, and good theology. They speak about how the faith of Robyn's childhood provided a foundation for curiosity and justice and how the ideas in their new book, Activist Theology, matter to faith formation with young people.

In this episode Dave Csinos speaks with Mary Hawes and Murray Wilkinson about their work to pioneer a revolution in ministry with children and youth across the United Kingdom. After being part of Faith Forward they returned to Britain on a mission to start a similar movement across the pond, one that focuses on nurturing and releasing instead of capturing and conquering.

In this inaugural episode of the Faith Forward Podcast, Dave Csinos sits down with renowned youth ministry and culture expert Daniel White Hodge. Dan shares candidly about the challenges we're up against in ministry with youth and children and charts paths toward practices of justice with young people.

Amy Butler's closing presentation from Faith Forward 2015, April 20-23 in Chicago.

The second half of Mark and Lisa Scandrette's presentation from Faith Forward 2015, April 20-23 in Chicago.