by Jonathan Vogel-Borne | January 25, 2021 | Children's Religious Education, Discernment, Faith at Home
This is a tender inspiring story of resilience, friendship, creative problem-solving, and peacemaking set in a refugee camp in Pakistan. After weeks of privation and the arduous journey walking out of Afghanistan to escape the fighting, great excitement fills the camp...
by Jonathan Vogel-Borne | January 25, 2021 | Children's Religious Education, Curricula Home RE, Faith at Home, Home and Family
Celebrating What’s Already True About Your Children The Quaker emphasis on Truth creates a wonderful jumping off point for conversations with children about special capacities they have (spiritual gifts) and ways those gifts help them to engage with others in ways...
by Jonathan Vogel-Borne | January 25, 2021 | Faith at Home, For Teens Home RE, Home and Family
Vocations and Gifts Parents: Is your work compatible with your values? Is the life of the business/institution for which you work broadly in line with the Quaker values of peace, justice, equality, simplicity, integrity, and community? Do you listen inwardly for new...
by Jonathan Vogel-Borne | January 25, 2021 | Children's Religious Education, Finding the Light, For Children Home RE, Home and Family
I Think, I Am! can be a bridge for children from hearing about their gifts to embracing those words and incorporating them into their understanding of themselves. Being able to acknowledge our gifts is a crucial step on the Quaker faith formation journey. “Your...
by Jonathan Vogel-Borne | January 25, 2021 | Children's Religious Education, Finding the Light, For Children Home RE, Home and Family
“You must be good at something,” said Miss Lucinda. “Everyone has a special talent.” On the first day of school, Miss Lucinda asks the students to share their special talents. Francesca is a star soccer player, Matthew can catch huge fish with...
