During Lent this year, our church decided to start using the “modern” version of the Lord’s Prayer. I think it was to help keep us […]
Letting the Little Children Gather at General Convention
Editor’s Note: This post has been adapted from Mary Lee’s original post for The New Northeast, a online community for the Episcopal Diocese of Maine. […]
Whole Body Worship
When I first attended the Episcopal Church as an evangelical, low-church college student, the liturgical service had a foreign choreography. It was as confusing as […]
A Church Community That Really Got It Right
“I don’t think you are doing this whole Christianity thing right.” That’s what my husband said when I started my church search shortly after moving […]
Short-Term Mission Trips: A Privilege of the Privileged
This summer, for the ninth year in a row, I will take a group of high school students on a mission trip. I know […]
Getting Four Girls Out the Door and Into Church
It’s tough to miss my family at church. Obscurity is not our thing. Our group of six easily takes up an entire pew. Four blond […]
Liturgical Trapdoors: Preparing for Mother’s Day
In May of 2002, I wandered through the aisles of a Target. I probably needed laundry detergent, but instead was lingering over purses and sunglasses, […]
Grow Christians Greatest Hits, Volume One: You can’t make me: Should kids be forced to go to church?
It’s time to be completely honest: my family hasn’t been attending church regularly. After thirteen years, we decided we needed a break. Over a year later, I’m ready for us to return. Will my family want to come with me?
Seeking Sabbath: Crankiness and Delight
I want the big, beautiful challenge that comes with the discipline of setting aside a full 24-hours for rest.
The Bible and quantum physics teach us: our actions affect future generations.
What we do now will affect those born a century from now.