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What Black Youth Are Teaching Us About Faith
Listening changes what adults notice. It changes the questions we ask, the assumptions we carry, and the kind of discipleship we build.
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Notes from the Village
Reflections, research notes, stories, and resources for adults walking with Black kids and teenagers.
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What Parents Are Carrying
Families are doing formation work every day. Here is what they say they need.
Faith, Culture & Identity
Hip Hop & Hermeneutics: How Four Gospels and a Few Rappers Help Us Disciple Youth Through Lament
Four Gospel writers told the same story four ways. So does hip-hop. What happens when we let both teach us how to sit with a teenager in lament.
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Mystery of Iniquity: Loving Jesus as a Black Girl
Lauryn Hill gave a generation of Black girls permission to question, unlearn, and still love Jesus. A conversation with faith influencer Mariah Crawford.
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Why do sermons end in a shout?
How tone, tradition, and pressure shape the way we lead, correct, and disciple youth, and why emotional maturity is spiritual maturity.
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