Issue 2
Cover of Lutheran Education Journal 136.2
Lutheran Education Journal Volume 136, Issue 2, 2000
From Where I Sit…The Springtime of Their Life Decides
Two Miracles Together: The Brain and Faith Development
Recent research on brain development holds important implications about optimal conditions for the nurture of infants and young children. The authors, an early childhood education specialist and a medical doctor, discuss the significance of these findings-including what they say about child faith development for all who work with young children. by Shirley K. Morgenthaler and Nancy A. Lass
Welcoming Children: KidFaith and Kids’ Faith
How congregations and individuals respond to the youngest members in their midst is critical to the spiritual nurture and formation of those children and to the life of the congregation. Stewart describes and illustrates an exciting program designed to enable congregations to minister more effectively to young children and their families. by Shanna Stewart
Cocaine’s Effect on the Developing Brain
An increasing number of children suffer from prenatal exposure to cocaine. Lass, a pediatrician specializing in neonatology, discusses cocaine’s effects on brain development and how early childhood educators can best respond to children suffering these effects. by Nancy Lass
Everyone Can Play: A Music Play Program for Families with Children of All Abilities
Early childhood educators have increasingly insisted that play is the context in which children both express and develop abilities across all domains of development. Gill illustrates an application of this concept, describing a program that gives special needs children the opportunity to use music and play to show what they can do. by Jim Gill
The Spiritual Principles of the Lutheran Teaching Ministry, Part B: Confirmations and Conclusions
The Spiritual Principles of the Lutheran Teaching Ministry, Part B: Confirmations and Conclusions Reporting the findings of his interviews with a group of teachers who entered the Lutheran teaching ministry 25 years ago, Schnake makes an impassioned plea for a response to the impending church worker shortage in the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod and offers specific recommendations for a course of action. by Richard K. Schnake
Leadership Perspectives: Making a Difference with Spiritual Leadership
Stueber concludes a three-part series on leadership styles by discussing the characteristics of effective spiritual leaders in schools. by Ross Stueber
Administrative Talk…Improving School Culture-Without a Word
DCE Expressions…From Youth Room to Pulpit: Reflections of a DCE Who’s Taken the Seminary Path
Educating the Whole Child…In-Tune Even in Infancy
Today’s Lutheran Educator…Qualified!
Multiplying Ministries…Five Fun Facts for Forging Forgiveness
Secondary Sequence…How Content Are You?
Book Reviews…Exploring Children’s Spiritual Formation: Foundational Issues
In Their Own Way: Accepting Your Children for Who They Are
A Final Word…”Unless you change and become like children…”
