Backpack Blessings

Thanks to Rev. Elsa Anders Cook for a whole slough of ideas for Backpack Blessings and welcoming folx back to a new program year. She's got: Blessings for Children and Teachers Blessings for Homeschool Families Option for Tangible…

Six New Things – Week of August 2, 2021

Love, love, love; that's what it's all about. ONE Encourage gracious friendships with I Can Help (Eerdmans), a gentle look at how love for a friend can overcome bullying, teasing, and apathy. TWO Empower women, girls, and all poets to…

Flashmob to Joy

People are lamenting the loss of gathering and singing together. We grieve the absence of communal artistic expression and experience in our lives. Ode an die Freude (Ode to Joy), Symphony No. 9, Beethoven's last symphony, was written, according…