Author: lauraalary

I've been working on this project for well over a year now and it is close to being finished. Being asked to take on the task of writing a collection of bible stories for children--especially by the publisher of Ralph Milton's Family Story Bible, which I have used for years--was a real honour. I have… Continue reading Read. Wonder. Listen.

Here is my latest guest post on celebrating Pentecost with children. Thank you to Paraclete Press for the invitation to write for their blog, and to Rebekah McLeod Hutto for her book The Day When God Made Church. Read the post here.

Mira and the Big Story has just been featured on the blog Picture Book Theology by Hanna Brown Shock. Many thanks to Hanna for sharing the book with her readers. Read her post here.

I'm getting ready to lead a workshop on prayer at the National Presbyterian Women's Gathering. We're going to be exploring different practices of prayer (some with words and some without). In this new blog post, I talk a bit about learning to pray with (and from) my children. Read it here.

  My most recent guest blog post for froogalism.com looks at the phenomenon of less-than-perfect produce. Not simply a way to reduce food waste and save money, buying "ugly" fruits and vegetables is a strangely satisfying way to push back against a culture obsessed with appearance and physical perfection. Who knew what a metaphor could… Continue reading The Beauty of “Ugly” or Imperfect Produce

  Thanks to froogalism.com for the opportunity to write a guest post featuring three books (including Victor's Pink Pyjamas) which open up conversations with children on the topics of bullying, revenge, forgiveness and reconciliation. Read it here.