Faith Forward Podcast

Amy Yu sits down to share about her experience in leading intergenerational ministry at Scarborough Chinese Baptist Church in Toronto. Through her research, she has learned about the dynamics of engaging in all-age ministry at a church with multiple languages and cultural dynamics.

The Faith Forward podcast returns with a conversation with Glenys Nellist. Glenys is an author of many pictures books, including 'Twas the Morning of Easter, God's Perfect Peace, and the I Wonder story Bible. You can learn more about her work at www.glenysnellist.com.

Faith Forward podcast host Dave Csinos recently met Natasha Crozier at a conference where she presented about how children's literature can be an avenue for fostering wonder and curiosity. In this episode, they talk about how families, faith leaders, and faith communities can rediscover the imaginative power of children's books.

Ivy Beckwith and Dave Csinos celebrate the ten-year anniversary of their book, Children's Ministry in the Way of Jesus. They talk about their visions for the book, how children's spiritual formation has changed in the past decade, and their hopes for the future.

This episode is sponsored by Atlantic School of Theology.

In this episode, the Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III joins Dave Csinos to talk about his new book "Dancing in the Darkness." Dr. Moss shares about how hope can help to heal the spiritual crisis in which we find ourselves and how parents can become the primary storytellers in their families.

This episode is sponsored by Atlantic School of Theology.

Godly Play has become a well-known and well-loved approach to nurturing faith in children in many different contexts. But how did it begin? What does it aim to accomplish? And where might it be going next? Dave Csinos sits down with Godly Play founder Jerome Berryman to talk about all these things and more! As you listen to Jerome share from his heart, you'll lose sense of time and become caught up in his sense of joy and wonder.

This episode is sponsored by Atlantic School of Theology.

How can adults join children in making theological meaning? In this episode, Dr Tanya Marie Eustace Campen shares about her recent book Holy Work with Children: Making Meaning Together. She explains how children's ministry is rehearsal for the reign of God and how ministry leaders can encourage wonder, bravery, and exploration in faith formation with children.

This episode is sponsored by Atlantic School of Theology.

Dr Eser Kim discusses her recent research into identify formation and empowerment of young people in congregations. She explains why youth remain marginalized in churches, why racialized and immigrant young people experience a double marginalization, and what faith communities can do about it.

Claire Brown and Anita Peebles sit down with Dave Csinos to talk about how families and churches can nurture the theological imaginations of young people. They tell the story behind their new book New Directions for Holy Questions and unpack all sorts of ways that families and faith communities can engage the ideas within it for the sake of forming progressive theological curiosity among young people.

Learn more at https://www.churchpublishing.org/newdirectionsforholyquestions

Holly Allen shares about her new book Forming Resilient Children and how nurturing spirituality in children and youth can help promote resilience in the face of grief and trauma. There aren't any steps to follow to form resilience in young people. But there are ordinary practices that parents and pastoral leaders can do that make a world of difference.

For more information, see https://www.ivpress.com/forming-resilient-children