Mimi Larson

Beloved child of God, happy wife to Keith, Assistant Professor of Educational Studies at TEDS, & Executive Director for the Center for Faith and Children @TEDS

[Mimi Larson @MimiLarson16]

@Markins @Awana This is a worthy question. It also brings to question how does suffering build resiliency and how do you have resiliency to face suffering? Happy to be a dialogue partner if you need it.

[Tim Carney @TPCarney]

A church in York Pa has issued a "Loud Kid Policy."

[Mimi Larson @MimiLarson16]

@Jeb_R My mom would always remind me that 50% of receiving a doctorate was perseverance and grit…and that is what is needed for the bureaucracy, instability, and funding.

[Mimi Larson @MimiLarson16]

@courtneyellis @revdarylellis Winter Olympics, especially Curling (grew up in hot summer, cold winters)

[Mimi Larson @MimiLarson16]

@Jeb_R Ah you have now crossed a threshold and are part of us! Congratulations! (It does feel weird, doesn’t it? Still is weird for me to call Dr. Guthrie “Donald”!)

[Mimi Larson @MimiLarson16]

@Jeb_R Congratulations!!

[Mimi Larson @MimiLarson16]

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[Mimi Larson @MimiLarson16]

I was thrilled when Sarah told me about her experience with our Children in Worship pew card. Read her story here:

https://t.co/Uyrp8Zw6HM

[Mimi Larson @MimiLarson16]

At the Center for Faith and Children, our podcast helped Rebecca have a wonderful conversation with her son about talking to God. Read the full story here:

https://t.co/qUkLCKijGQ

[Mimi Larson @MimiLarson16]

@Jeb_R Congratulations

[Mimi Larson @MimiLarson16]

Another tale from the intergenerational church:

Little ones, you were quiet today, but I saw your joy as we smelled the incense. I heard your amens as we said the liturgy. And I felt your energy as you rushed past to get to communion.

I’m glad we were in church together today.

[Mimi Larson @MimiLarson16]

@courtneyellis We first heard him years ago when vacationing in Maine and he did one LL Bean’s free summer concerts. We fell in love then and have been hooked ever since.

[Mimi Larson @MimiLarson16]

Little ones, you shouted much in church today. Thank you for reminding me of the canticle:

Thank the Lord & sing his praise; tell everyone what he has done….he leads his people forth in joy & with shouts of thanksgiving. Alleluia!

I’m glad we were in church together today.

[Mimi Larson @MimiLarson16]

Another tale from the intergenerational church:

Little ones, you played with your toys on the sanctuary floor, joyful and at ease in God’s presence. May we come to worship with the same joy and open hearts.

Grateful we were in church together today.

[Christianity Today @CTmagazine]

In trying to serve people where they are, churches have sorted them by life stage, with children, teens, young adults, and empty nesters siloed from one another.

But what many churches are missing is slow, relational, generational formation.
https://t.co/u3hsHsidqX

[Mimi Larson @MimiLarson16]

@Markins One of my husband’s favorite books. When I read it, I could not put it down.

[Mimi Larson @MimiLarson16]

@Markins I agree and wish we could grab coffee and talk more. Reading Westerhoff, I wonder if deconstruction is part of his faith paradigm and "Searching Faith," where individuals need to question and internalize what they have been taught. It's part of the way they make meaning of faith.

[Mimi Larson @MimiLarson16]

@Markins Yes! Memorization is foundational to our learning. It just doesn’t stop there!!