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Book Reviews from the Center!

stack of books on the dark wood background. toning. selective focus on the middle bookThe Foundation is pleased to announce a series of book reviews presented by the
Center for the Theology of Childhood.

The Center’s book reviews are available here and more will be added periodically. The first book reviewed in this series is The Grace of Playing: Pedagogies for Leaning into God’s New Creation (2016) by Courtney T. Goto.

The Center for the Theology of Childhood of the Godly Play Foundation is interested in the theory, practice, and empirical research concerning children’s religious lives, their spirituality, and the theological implications of what is learned. The Center is embarking on a project to offer original book reviews of volumes related to the spiritual guidance of children. This project is aimed to serve the international Godly Play community and to draw on it for these reviews, but those generally interested in this field will find them helpful as well. Continue reading →

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Giving Tuesday 2015




Dear Friends of Godly Play,

Thank you for all the big work you have done!
Empowered by your gifts, Godly Play has reached so many.

Our chaotic world can be hard to understand, but bringing people closer to God through story and wonder makes a difference—a transformative difference.

In 2015 we:

  • Trained over 800 new US storytellers who will inspire roughly 5,000 children and adults.
  • Spread Godly Play in Cuba, Israel, New Zealand, Tanzania, and most recently, Turkey.
  • Brought together 250 Godly Players from five continents for sharing, learning, and wonder in Sewanee, TN, including presentations from our Jewish and Quaker practices and participants from Australia, Canada, Finland, Norway, Tanzania, Uruguay, and the US.
  • Began work on a revised and expanded Second Edition of The Complete Guide to Godly Play.
  • Created 15 new story videos set to publish to YouTube this month.

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From Tanzania to Sewanee, TN: Greetings from Vithalis

Greetings from Tanzania!

It’s hard to believe that a dream can be real! But I’ve come to believe that ‘nothing is impossible with God’. My dream came true when I visited the United States for my first international trip out of my continent of Africa to attend the 2015 North America Godly Play Conference at Sewanee, Tennessee on July 29th to August 2nd 2015. My time at Sewanee for the Godly Play Conference was very inspiring as I learned much and met other Godly Play Trainers and teachers. We had time to learn from each other. It was an unparalleled blessing to meet the founder of Godly Play Jerome Berryman, the man of full of wisdom and knowledge in children’s ministry. Continue reading →