by Jonathan Vogel-Borne | January 25, 2021 | Children's Religious Education, Discernment, Faith at Home, Home and Family, Youth Education
When four courageous black teens sat down at a lunch counter in the segregated South of 1960, the reverberations were felt both far beyond and close to home. This insightful story offers a child’s-eye view of this seminal event in the American Civil Rights...
by Jonathan Vogel-Borne | January 25, 2021 | Children's Religious Education, Discernment, Faith at Home, Home and Family
Honesty and integrity can often require real courage of us! In this classic Chinese children’s story, we learn once again that “Honesty is the best policy.” Ping was a young schoolboy who loved to grow flowers. He embraced the Emperor’s...
by Jonathan Vogel-Borne | January 25, 2021 | Children's Religious Education, Discernment, Faith at Home, Home and Family, Youth Education
Say Something takes us on the short but significant journey from being a silent bystander to an engaged community member with small, simple acts of inclusion like acknowledging a new student in a class or sitting next to someone on the bus. Bullying and teasing can be...
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, 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...
