Belonging in the children’s church
A child wearing brown loafers and no socks (just like his father), reading a Bible in Sunday worship (just like his father) — What can this boy teach us about belonging?
Andrew Taylor-Troutman’s newest book is This Is the Day, which is available through the publisher and online bookstores. He serves as pastor of Chapel in the Pines Presbyterian Church in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and heartily roots against the Duke Blue Devils men’s basketball team.
A child wearing brown loafers and no socks (just like his father), reading a Bible in Sunday worship (just like his father) — What can this boy teach us about belonging?
How one pastor’s investment in a theology of belonging has liberated him from resentment.
A child in cowgirl boots heralds the coming of Easter for Andrew Taylor-Troutman.
“Sadness can feel sky high. Yet, the Holy One, who stretched the heavens, walks with us.”
It can be tempting to harden our hearts as protection. What would life look like if we lived like daffodils blooming in late winter? Like a middle schooler wearing a top hat and tails to a dance?
A poem by Andrew Taylor-Troutman.
Maybe our mortality can be beautiful, writes Andrew Taylor-Troutman.
Reflecting on the revival happening at a Kentucky Christian school and Jesus' Transfiguration, Andrew Taylor-Troutman considers the Holy Spirit’s call to action.
Andrew Taylor-Troutman reflects on a week of learning with poet and essayist Ross Gay.
Andrew Taylor-Troutman, a father of two young boys, wonders if there is something sacred in mischief, even as it is sometimes annoying.
Andrew Taylor-Troutman shares a lesson he learned from a local school board president.
Pastor/parents are faced with a conundrum this year: do they force (or strongly encourage) their children to go to Sunday worship on Christmas? Andrew Taylor Troutman has decided yes, and here’s why.
Andrew Taylor-Troutman remembers a friend who passed away, who taught him the connection between a song of ascent and Psalm 23.
A poem about beginnings and endings, and finding hope in unexpected places.
In light of the recent Supreme Court ruling affirming prayer in public schools, Andrew Taylor Troutman reflects on his high school baseball team’s pregame ritual of saying the Lord’s Prayer.
In this back-to-school season, Rev. Andrew Taylor-Troutman shares a lesson he learned in fifth grade about the power of human connection.
Andrew Taylor-Troutman, pastor of Chapel in the Pines Presbyterian Church, honors the work of the church's founding pastor Rev. Dr. Mindy Douglas.
Andrew Taylor-Troutman reviews Tom Montgomery Fate's new book.
Gareth Higgins’ new book helps Andrew Taylor-Troutman remember that the antidote to fear is “action rooted in hope.”
The “environment” is not something separate from us, but we are intricacy and intimately part of it. What we do matters on a daily basis.
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