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3 ways to help your kids understand Bible stories

Stories from the Bible are full of violent or problematic details. What’s the rationale, as parents, for telling these stories to our kids?

Recently, I was shopping for books to add to my kids’ library. As I perused the selection, I wondered: Should I lean more into faith formation and spark an interest in biblical characters? Or pivot toward their personal interests...

February 2025

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE CURRENT ISSUE

Picture the saints

Artist Grace Morbitzer envisions the saints as models for an inclusive church.
BY JEAN P. KELLY

Redemption work

Catholic advocacy groups in Nigeria address an incarceration crisis.
BY VALENTINE BENJAMIN

Consider the birds

There’s a reason birds are so ubiquitous in human religions and mythologies, say these two scholars.
AN INTERVIEW WITH PETRA GARDELLA AND LAURENCE KRUTE

Bring good news

Catholics are called to connect with and care for incarcerated individuals.
BY ALESSANDRA HARRIS

A human paradigm

We need a humanities education that can challenge the technocratic paradigm.
BY HEIDI BOSTIC

“My prayer for our nation is that we have the courage to recommit ourselves to dismantling the structures that perpetuate a culture of death and to building up a culture of life.”

Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy, Catholic Mobilizing Network