Raising Saints

Elissa Bjeletich Davis, and Ancient Faith Ministries

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"Raising Saints" offers tools to equip adults to share the Orthodox Christian faith with children, shaping the way in which our youth understand their lives.

04/06/2019

Tending the Garden at Home and in the Classroom

Elissa 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.

22 min
04/06/2019

All-American Slava

Inspired by the Serbian Orthodox custom of Krsna Slava, Elissa suggests that American convert families consider adopting a feast day for their Little Churches!

9 min
04/06/2019

Handing over the Reins with Jenny Stasinopoulos

Elissa 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!

32 min
04/06/2019

Can We Teach How to Love Your Neighbor?

We 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.

22 min
04/06/2019

Welcome to Chapter Two - Catching Up

Elissa updates the Raising Saints audience on some new projects they might find interesting, and establishes a new plan for the future of Raising Saints.

12 min
16/12/2017

When Kids Don't Like Church

Elissa 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?

19 min
30/10/2017

Parenting: Struggling Toward Salvation

In 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.

17 min
04/06/2017

Let There Be Light: Science, Orthodoxy, and our Youth

Elissa 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.

33 min

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"Raising Saints" offers tools to equip adults to share the Orthodox Christian faith with children, shaping the way in which our youth understand their lives.