Allison Sandlin Liles

Honoring the Extraordinary Ordinary

Is it required upon entering adulthood to begin some sort of Christmas collection? Crechés. Nutcrackers. Santa mugs. Fragile Radko ornaments. […]

C.S. Lewis & J.R.R. Tolkien Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony Desmond Tutu & Nelson Mandela Ralph Waldo Emerson

Part of my family is already observing Advent. And it’s not the clergy parents who are up to their eyeballs

Today the Church remembers Saint Martin of Tours. His feast day dates much farther back in time than the observances

A gift that accompanies most funerals is the opportunity to reconnect with long-distance family. This was certainly true the day

One of the perks of editing Grow Christians is celebrating the successes of our contributors. I’m thrilled to see their

Beginning in 1857, Episcopal bishops began setting apart women for a ministry of service as deaconesses. For over a century,

In the past three weeks, I’ve seen three movies in the theater with my thirteen-year-old daughter. A personal record, for

If you’ve never observed the Feast of Saint Nicholas before, here’s my pitch to start today. First though, let’s hear

Last year the Lilly Endowment awarded Virginia Theological Seminary a generous grant to launch a new initiative called Faith-filled Families: