Laura Fissel Laura Fissel

Every Shape Has a Place

It is to our peril that adults over-value our experience and wisdom to the undervaluing of children’s.

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Laura Fissel Laura Fissel

Not About the Medal

We easily dismiss children’s emotional outbursts as “tantrums,” but could the wailing over trophies, treats, or screen-time be pointing to something deeper? What if it’s “not about the medal” after all?

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Laura Fissel Laura Fissel

Friendship with Children

Friendship with a child can be a rich and healing thing for adult and child alike, but can you build such a connection in a safe and healthy way?

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Laura Fissel Laura Fissel

True North & the Moral Compass

Moral Formation is following our compass along a path of positive action; Spiritual Formation is making Agape our truth North.

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Laura Fissel Laura Fissel

Patience & Discovery

The atrium is just one "hike" in a vast landscape of spiritual discovery. What would we discover if we committed to walking the same spiritual "hike" over and over again?

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Laura Fissel Laura Fissel

A Blank Page All Our Own

The kids have meaningful work to do in the atrium. And so do I. They are not the same, yet we can do the work of Wonder together.

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