Podcast
Raising Saints
Hosted by Elissa Bjeletich Davis, and Ancient Faith Ministries · EN
Educating Our Youth in the Orthodox Faith, Both at Home and in the Parish
10episodes
Episodes
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Tending the Garden at Home and in the Classroom
Jun 4, 2019Tap to summarizeElissa and her Tending the Garden of Our Hearts co-author, Kristina Wenger, discuss the nuts and bolts of their new book of daily Lenten meditations for Families and their ongoing Tending the Garden podcast, including how the meditations can be adjusted for use in church school classrooms.
Transcribe →All-American Slava
Jun 4, 2019Tap to summarizeInspired by the Serbian Orthodox custom of Krsna Slava, Elissa suggests that American convert families consider adopting a feast day for their Little Churches!
Transcribe →Handing over the Reins with Jenny Stasinopoulos
Jun 4, 2019Tap to summarizeElissa interviews Jenny Stasinopoulos, the Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministries at the GOA Metropolis of Denver about a big change she made this year at Camp Emmanuel. Perhaps we should all consider innovative ways to empower our kids to take responsibility for their own faith lives!
Transcribe →Can We Teach How to Love Your Neighbor?
Jun 4, 2019Tap to summarizeWe tell them that God is Love, but do we go a step further and teach them what it means to actually love other people? Literally, how do we show love? I think we assume that people know that already, but maybe they don't—or maybe we could do better.
Transcribe →Welcome to Chapter Two - Catching Up
Jun 4, 2019Tap to summarizeElissa updates the Raising Saints audience on some new projects they might find interesting, and establishes a new plan for the future of Raising Saints.
Transcribe →When Kids Don't Like Church
Dec 16, 2017Tap to summarizeElissa takes a look at a question from a friend: How do we handle it when an older child doesn't want to go to church? Can't we just worship from home? Why does it matter and how do you teach that?
Transcribe →Parenting: Struggling Toward Salvation
Oct 30, 2017Tap to summarizeIn honor of Parenting Month at Ancient Faith, Raising Saints is flipping it around: instead of talking about how adults can feed the faith of children, we're considering the impact this process has on the parents, and the many ways in which raising saints can transform one into a saint.
Transcribe →Let There Be Light: Science, Orthodoxy, and our Youth
Jun 4, 2017Tap to summarizeElissa talks with Alisa Rakich-Brooks, author of Let There Be Light, the first in a new series of Orthodox children's books, about how our children are experiencing the relationship between religion and science and steps we might take to frame scientific inquiry in an Orthodox light.
Transcribe →Holy Week: Entering into Grief
Jun 3, 2017Tap to summarizeOur culture shies away from death, but every year, as we Orthodox participate in Holy Week and Pascha, we recalibrate our relationship with death. We face death squarely, and we enter into grief and find that Christ conquers death.
Transcribe →Bringing Old Testament Stories to Life, and to Our Lives
Nov 27, 2016Tap to summarizeIs there a way to approach the Old Testament with our children in a fascinating and dimensional way? Elissa encourages us to teach Old Testament stories on three different levels.
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