Photo: Erika Giraud / Unsplash First Things First: What’s a Prayground? Prayground defined: A prayground is a designated area within a worship space where young children can engage in age-appropriate, worship-centered activities during the service. Equipped with materials such as children’s Bibles, worship aids, and props for “playing church,” a prayground invites children to participate […]
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The Art Institute of Chicago has been a sacred place for me, ever since I was a student chaplain. After sitting with families as they processed their shock and grief after gunshot wounds, cancer diagnoses, and death, I needed a place that was completely different than the ER and the ICU. When we entertain guests,
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Please see THIS link to a Google Document you can view or download. I change the links frequently, so come back often! TRACI SMITH MASTER RESOURCE LIST Updated March 4. 2025
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2024 was a big year and there was a lot to learn! (There always is, right?) I often do these kinds of reflections around my birthday but this year, it felt more like a year-end kind of thing. This is a list of things I spent hours thinking about or writing about in 2024. Some
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I”m not sure which challenging news event led you to this page, this time. Perhaps a natural disaster, or perhaps a human-made disaster. Whatever it is, deep peace to you as you minister to children, youth, and their families during this time. In Faithful Families: Creating Sacred Practice at Home, there is a whole chapter
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We would love to see you at any of these events! Please be in touch with any questions or to book your own event! 9/28/2024 — Chicago Presbytery Leadership Conference, Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary10/20/2024 — Preaching and Interactive Workshop at Deerfield Presbyterian Church 10/26/2024 — Faith at Home Workshop, First Presbyterian Church of Michigan City10/27/2024
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1. More fresh air, sunshine, and water for everybody of all ages. 2. Screens are the new smoking. 3. The best people aren’t really on social media much, if at all. This is just a fact. 4. Western medicine can fix hardware problems but not software problems and a lot of times what looks like
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