Thanks for visiting my page. I am a Professor of Education and chair of the Education Department at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The past few summers I have written about ministry to children with support from a grant from the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship.

My most recent book, Helping Our Children Grow in Faith: How the Church Can Nurture the Spiritual Development of Kids, published by Baker Books, is now available. You can order it from Amazon. Read what people are saying about the book.

 

This spring I am teaching

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Upcoming presentations:

First Christian Reformed Church
Waupun, WI
August 23, 2008

Kids Life BIble Clubs
Heritage Christian Reformed Church
Byron Center, MI
September 17, 2009

First Christian Reformed Church of Detroit
Gross Point, MI
September 20, 2009

Christian Educator's Association
Annual Convention
South Bend, IN
October 23, 2009

Calvin Symposium on Worship
Calvin College
Grand Rapids, MI
Jan 28-30, 2010


See my vita.

short bio and promotional photo

 

Until recently, I was a singer and guitarist in the The Lazy Blue Tunas. I also play music with my kids.

 

 

Other recent publications
I also have two chapters in The Church of All Ages: Generations Worshiping Together, edited by Howard VanderWell and published by The Alban Institute. Order it here.
   
My wife, Laura, and I have written Together We Worship, a curriculum for 4th - 6th grade which is published by Christian Schools International.

 


Laura and I have also published a number of Christmas plays for Children. Eight of them are available from Faith Alive Resources.
Not Forgotten cover
 

Our latest is What Did I Miss?

 
   
 
 
We also write church school curriculum for the Walk With Me series from Faith Alive Resources. A Christmas unit called Just Like Me, an Easter Unit called He's Alive!, and a five-week summer unit called Follow the Leader were recently released and is available through Faith Alive.

 

My church

I am also the co-author of two math books.
Check out the home page for
Precalculus: A Study of Functions and Their Applications,
published by Brooks/Cole Publishers
and
Projects for Precalculus
,
also now published by Brooks/Cole.

I wrote these books with Todd Swanson and the late Janet Andersen, both of Hope College.

Bible Teacher sites

Artists I've been listening to lately:

Write to me at rkeeley@calvin.edu
 Updated July 17, 2009
 

The views and opinions expressed on this page are strictly those of the page author. The contents of this page have not been reviewed or approved by Calvin College.