#faith development

How do we deal with this concept in a way that is not politicized by either a laissez-faire capitalist screed or a socialist rant, but a third way?

“...for we brought nothing into the world, so that we can take nothing out of it; but if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these. But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil, and in their eagerness to be rich some have wondered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains.” [Paul’s first letter to Timothy 6:7-10.

James Fowler’s Stages of Faith

In connection with my book review of James Fowler’s Stages of Faith, I have included his summaries of each faith stage here. You will find that they are organized into a brief description, an emerging strength, a limitation or danger, and a sign of transition to the next faith stage.

Stage 0: Undifferentiated faith. The seeds of trust, courage, hope, and love are fused in an undifferentiated way…

Read the Bible. Go to church. Pray. Some pretty standard answers that are given when asked what we should do to grow in our relationship with God. All are pretty good indicators that we are moving in the right direction and are generally accepted as steps all followers of Jesus should be taking. In the opening pages of his book Do Your Children Believe?, author Terence Chatmon shares this…

Faith Development Resources: Preschool

This is the second list in a series of posts I am doing that list resources for ministry in both the church and home in regards to nurturing faith in children. Here we turn to the preschool age group.

TWO TO FOUR YEARS

Arch Books. Various authors. St. Louis, MO: Concordia Publishing House.

There are over a hundred of these small books that creatively tell and illustrate Bible stories through…

A Skeptic’s Guide to Re-Defining Faith

this week’s sermon Jesus Walks on the Waves

Jesus Declares the Clean/Unclean Distinction Pointless

and we get introduced to FREE CLIMBING and Stage 4

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