Travis Wright

“How we understand God and God’s relationship with us doesn’t just come down to us from scholars and thinkers through the ages. What we do in our local faith communities informs broader theological understanding.”
― David M. Csinos, Children's Ministry in the Way of Jesus

“What current practices are central to your congregation? How can you more fully engage children in these practices? How can children offer leadership to these practices?”
― David M. Csinos, Children's Ministry in the Way of Jesus

“Telling God’s story to children is not an end in itself. While it’s surely important for children (and adults, for that matter) to gain a solid understanding of God’s grand narrative, it’s what we do with this story that really matters. When children realize that they are part of this story, that God’s story is also their story, that God’s story connects with their own expanding self-narratives, they become responsible for ensuring that the episodes in which they make appearances are faithful to the overall script that God has laid out and that they help move the story forward to the concluding eschatological scene.”
― David M. Csinos, Children's Ministry in the Way of Jesus

“Too often, churches hold stereotypical views of children. They can buy into stereotypes and generalizations that kids are happiest when they are running around (or even that they need to run around all the time), that children always make lots of noise, that they crave constant entertainment, or that they have the most fun when they’re on the verge of being out of control. But by viewing each unique child through stereotypes and labels we attach to them, children’s ministry can become co-opted by consumerist, market-driven agendas, and it forgets the church’s mission of offering radical hospitality to the least of these.”
― David M. Csinos, Children's Ministry in the Way of Jesus