Progressive Christian Children's Books to read aloud to kids. I love to add these books to Sunday school lessons or use in a Children's moment during Adult Worship. #childrensministry #kidmin #churchleadership
Rachel Held Evans was a New York Times best-selling author whose books include Faith Unraveled (2010), A Year of Biblical Womanhood (2012), Searching for Sunday (2015), Inspired (2018). Hailing from Dayton, Tennessee—home of the famous Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925— she wrote about faith, doubt and life in the Bible Belt.
Rachel was featured in The Washington Post, The Guardian, Christianity Today, Slate, The Huffington Post, The CNN Belief Blog, and on NPR, The BBC, The Today Show, and The View. She served on President Obama’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, and kept a busy schedule speaking at churches, conferences, and colleges and universities around the country. Matthew Paul Turner has made his mark as a force in the Christian children’s book publishing world. With his unmatched gift for rhyme blended with deliberate messages of hope and empowerment, Matthew’s books When GodMade You and When I Pray For You have become bedtime favorites for families across America. Called “one of Christianity’s fresh voices” by Publisher’s Weekly, Matthew’s other notable works include Our Great Big American God, Churched, Coffeehouse Gospel and The Christian Culture Survival Guide. His writing has appeared in outlets that include the Washington Post, National Geographic, USA Today and Daily Beast. Matthew lives in Nashville, Tennessee with his three elementary-aged children. In his free time, he enjoys portrait photography, woodworking, and cooking for his family and friends.
Bishop Desmond Tutu was born in 1931 in Klerksdorp, Transvaal. His father was a teacher, and he himself was educated at Johannesburg Bantu High School. After leaving school he trained first as a teacher and in 1954 he graduated from the University of South Africa. After three years as a high school teacher he began to study theology, being ordained as a priest in 1960.. From 1967 to 1972 he taught theology in South Africa. In 1978 became the first black General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches.
The first woman rabbi ordained by the Reconstructionist movement, Sandy Eisenberg Sasso has used her career as an award-winning author to change how children and adults think about women in Jewish tradition. The first rabbi to experience motherhood after the birth of her oldest child, David, in 1976. Sasso continues to work with her cohort of fellow first women rabbis from the Reform, Conservative, and Orthodox movements, speaking about their experiences.
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