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Handing Down the Faith: How Parents Pass Their Religion on to the Next Generation [review]
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I’ve had Christian Smith’s and Amy Adamczyk’s book, Handing Down the Faith: How Parents Pass Their Religion on to the Next Generation, on my reading list for a while now. I’m glad I read it, but it is a very research and data focused book. It’s not a ‘how to’ manual, it’s a report on…
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Sunday Recap | February 8
Time for the Student Quest Sunday recap for February 8th, 2026! In honor of the Winter Olympics we played Over Under Cold Medal, a game I made. We gave away Renew Student Conference t-shirts to the winners! In a fun twist, Ezra and I plotted ahead of time for him to be chosen; he memorized the…
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Beautiful Kingdom Builders | Dr. Jennifer Powell McNutt
My sister Ruth invited me back to her podcast, The Beautiful Kingdom Builders, to interview Rev. Dr. Jennifer Powell McNutt (no direct relation!) about her book, The Mary We Forgot. I really enjoyed the book when I read it last year and it was a lot of fun to talk to Dr. McNutt about it. She…
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Sunday Recap | February 1
Time for the Student Quest Sunday recap for February 1st, 2026! In honor of next Sunday’s Superbowl we played Useless Trivia Touchdown, a game I made. We gave away a Renew Student Conference t-shirt to the winner! We had a few announcements/reminders: We continued with our second of four weeks in Isaiah; while both middle school…
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I Am in Here: The Journey of a Child with Autism Who Cannot Speak but Finds Her Voice [review]
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Based on a recommendation from a parent in my church, I recently read Virginia G. Breen and Elizabeth M. Bonker’s I Am in Here: The Journey of a Child with Autism Who Cannot Speak but Finds Her Voice. It’s not a book without divided opinions about it; Breen’s hope that her daughter Elizabeth’s autism can…
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Teenagers and Mental Health: A Handbook for Parents, Pastors, and Youth Leaders [review]
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Monica Kim and Danny Kwon’s Teenagers and Mental Health: A Handbook for Parents, Pastors, and Youth Leaders is a must read for parents and youth workers. It’s a unique combination of authors; Monica Kim is a psychologist and biblical counselor with over twenty years in her profession, Danny Kwon was a full time youth pastor…
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Sunday Recap | January 18
Time for the Student Quest Sunday recap for January 18th, 2026! We kicked off the hour with a true or false game, True or False 2025: Famous Stuff and Odd Events. We gave away some Renew Student Conference t-shirts to the winners. We had a few announcements/reminders: We kicked off four weeks in Isaiah; while both…
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Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
The newest Star Trek series launched this week on Paramount+. I have been cautiously waiting for its arrival wondering if I would be on board or not. I’ll admit, the series I wanted them to make was Star Trek: Legacy, the potential series set up in the series finale of Star Trek: Picard. Starfleet Academy…
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The Beautiful Kingdom Builders podcast
I had the privilege of being on my sister Ruth’s podcast, The Beautiful Kingdom Builders. Almost a decade ago she launched a Facebook group with the purpose of advocating for women, justice, victims of abuse, and healing from church hurt … her following on that page has grown to more than 75,000 people, which is…
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Sunday Recap | January 11
Time for the Student Quest Sunday recap for January 11th, 2026! We kicked off the hour with an elimination game I made, Timeline Trouble. We gave away some Renew Student Conference t-shirts to the winners. We concluded series, Keep it Simple. Mandi Scalia taught high school, Ella Johnson taught middle school. We have a tendency to make…