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You’ve Got This

November 6, 2018 By Lauren Kuratko 6 Comments

“You’ve got this, Mama.” I find myself saying this to total strangers who are struggling with their kids. I say it to fellow parents, grandparents, […]

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: encouragement, parenting, strangers, transportation, young children

God Doesn’t Make Mistakes

October 21, 2018 By Christian Simmers Leave a Comment

Her comments caught me off guard to say this least, one evening as she was getting ready for bed. “Why am I like this? I […]

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: feelings, God, parenting, young children

My God, protect me from gloomy saints

October 15, 2018 By Kit Lonergan 8 Comments

In anticipation of leaving our children for a period of four days with their stalwart grandparents, my husband and I prepared all the things: favorite […]

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Filed Under: Parenting, Saints Tagged With: creativity, Lesser Feasts and Fasts, parenting, tantrum, teresa of avila, young children

Getting Four Girls Out the Door and Into Church

June 25, 2018 By Christian Simmers 8 Comments

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 […]

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: Children in church, church, young children

A Place To Run Home To: Camp Gravatt

June 8, 2018 By Dorian Del Priore Leave a Comment

Summer camp was not a norm for me when I was a kid. I was a competitive swimmer, and so my summer consisted of two […]

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: camp, young children, youth

Help me up, this is my song

May 7, 2018 By Christian Simmers 4 Comments

Some of my first memories of our tiny country church are in the first pew, sitting right next to my great-grandmother. After raising my grandmother […]

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Filed Under: Parenting, Spiritual Practices, Uncategorized Tagged With: Children in church, Family, grandparenting, Music, young children

Our Movie Making Journey Through Lent

May 5, 2018 By Elizabeth Floyd 1 Comment

I have the good fortune of working with a bright, gifted group of kids who are being raised by loving parents devoted to their Christian […]

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: Bible, children, Children in church, discipleship, God, Lent, young children

A Tale of Easters, Large and Small

April 26, 2018 By Rachel Jones 1 Comment

** Today’s post is brought to you by Ben Gildas.**   Easter is here. Did you miss it? I can tell you from first hand […]

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Parenting, Prayer Tagged With: Easter, Family, God, parenting, young children

The Good Book Club Grows in Us – Continued Family Connections

April 13, 2018 By Melody Wilson Shobe Leave a Comment

The Good Book Club helps us make connections with Scripture stories, our own stories, our family story, and with one another.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: Acts, art, children, The Good Book Club, young children

I failed Lent by 7:20am on Ash Wednesday. Here’s how you can too.

March 24, 2018 By Kit Lonergan 5 Comments

Failing was my entrance into a holy Lent.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: forgiveness, grace, Lent, parenting, young children

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