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We Must Let the Tears Fall: Building Empathy and Talking with Children about Living in a Broken World

By Jia Starr Brown February 26, 2026

In true parenting and caregiver fashion, we spend a lot of our hopeful time pointing our young..

children, community, compassion, Talking To Your Kids, love, Politics, pain, world, tears

Elation, Fear, and a Litmus Test: See Me, Believe Me, Updated Edition's New Chapter on the Election of Presiding Bishop Curry and Secretary Mills

By Rev. Dr. Yolanda Denson-Byers February 19, 2026

community, compassion, race, interview, relationship, Work, Mouth House Books, Allyship, ELCA

Let S&S Do the Heavy Lifting: Crafting Services in Times of Crisis

By Augsburg Fortress February 12, 2026

In times of crisis, we search for words and rituals to ground us. Pastors and other worship leaders..

Planning, community, Grief, service, worship, All Creation Sings, Sundays and Seasons, SundaysandSeasons.com

Sankofa - Reaching Back to Move Forward

By Jia Starr Brown February 5, 2026

Believe it or not, Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. As I looked at my calendar, I thought..

community, Grief, history, justice, Valentines Day, Black History Month

Building a Book Nook for Your Church: A Small Project that Makes a Big Difference

By Katie Rich January 29, 2026

Years ago, I set up a bookshelf at our church filled with amazing books. I had big hopes and..

Youth Ministry, Books for kids, childrens books, church with kids, community, kids, Church event, project

Growing Roots: Advent, Thanksgiving, and the Not Yet Seen

By Jia Starr Brown November 6, 2025

We live in a society that rewards finish lines - deliverables, story endings, and checked boxes.

Advent, community, faith, history, Thanksgiving, Hope, pain, waiting

Embodied Thanks-Giving

By Amy Lindeman Allen October 30, 2025

Fall is my favorite season. I enjoy the change of colors on the trees in the Midwestern United..

community, family, thanks, Thanksgiving, Growth, pain, Peace

For the Love of a Neighbor: When Creation Care Meets Love of Community

By Amy Lindeman Allen September 11, 2025

I was eight-years-old the first time I remember learning about recycling. My family attended Good..

community, prayer, Nature, earth, neighbor, love, creation, Practice

MouthHouse Authors talk Roots and Reach on Anniversary (part 3)

By Rev. Angela !Khabeb December 12, 2024

October 31 was the publication date for See Me, Believe Me: A Guide to Deepen Allyship with..

New Product Release, community, social justice, racism, Mouth House, Mouth House Books, Allyship, BIPOC

MouthHouse Authors talk Roots and Reach on Anniversary (part 2)

By Shari Seifert December 12, 2024