Growing up, I never heard a word about God laughing, joking, or doing anything for fun.
childhood
Can memories of childhood joy really make up for predatory lending and labor busting?
The yin and yang of being small
Children have unique needs for both freedom and protection.
Stranger Things reassures us that the stories of the past can give us the courage to face whatever danger looms.
You were thrilled to enter the crawl space, but also frightened. There was a chance of snakes.
God Help the Child, by Toni Morrison
In her 11th novel Toni Morrison returns to the foundation of most of her fiction: childhood and its traumatic effects.
When I was ten, baseball became the organizing principle of my life. The game taught me that success is rare and precious.
Working in the shop gave bone and muscle to my pastoral identity. But it also taught me to anesthetize anxiety with long hours, to work out of fear of failing.
The term theological education brings to mind formal study. But people's deepest convictions about God and their deepest stirrings of faith are often formed at an early age.