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Where We Stand: Standing Rock Now

November 18, 2019 By Anne Warner Leave a Comment

Last month I interviewed Water Protector Sierra Asamoa-Tutu and Episcopal priest John Floberg, both of whom served at Standing Rock. In their own words, here’s what they shared about where things stand with Standing Rock.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: environment, first nation, indigenous people, standing rock, teenagers, youth

The Culture Wars on Kinsley Street

October 25, 2019 By Anne Warner Leave a Comment

Three springs ago the Martin family moved in across the street. Later that summer Isra Hatel, who lives three doors down, called me. She told a story that wasn’t actually new, though I tried to listen as if it had been.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: children, coffee, interfaith, Neighbors

Native Gardening: Here and Now

September 25, 2019 By Anne Warner 2 Comments

I’m a carpenter’s daughter. My father built the suburban Chicago house of my childhood with his own hands in the evenings after working his for-pay job. Suburban sprawl put food on my table and paid half my college tuition where in environmental science classes I was taught about its horrors.

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Filed Under: Spiritual Practices Tagged With: Creation care, For the Beauty of the Earth, nature

Constance and the Martyrs of Memphis

September 9, 2019 By Anne Warner Leave a Comment

The words “Martyrs” and “Memphis” at first glance might seem to be an odd pairing. We think of martyrs as biblical, ancient, and abroad, and Memphis as relatively young from a world history standpoint—a place for good BBQ and Blues.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: cloud of witnesses, Constance, enslaved people, martyrdom, sickness

A Tween Summer’s End

August 31, 2019 By Anne Warner 2 Comments

It’s a Sunday after church and we’re stuffing Nutella-ed plates and oatmeal-ed bowls into the dishwasher while also fixing lunch. Except one of us is already done and inviting the neighbors over.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: friendship, Moses, parenting, summer, tweens

Red

June 14, 2019 By Anne Warner 1 Comment

It’s been less than a year since our family’s returned to St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, so there are still surprises in the liturgical calendar. “Please wear red on Pentecost,” invited Father Randall. I owned nothing red except for a waffle-knit funnel-neck shirt that obviously screamed fall even though the weather was basically expected to be just that.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: hike, Holy Spirit, nature, Pentecost

Empty Nest

May 26, 2019 By Anne Warner 2 Comments

My mom texted a picture to all seven of us kids at the end of August after Nathan, my youngest brother and twenty years my junior, left for his freshman year of college. “In the first week of empty nesting we found an empty nest!” she wrote.

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Filed Under: Parenting, Spiritual Practices Tagged With: creation, mindfulness, nature, parenting

Road to Contrition

February 4, 2019 By Anne Warner 2 Comments

Due to procrastination and a lack of communication I was anxious and alone on an otherwise serene night. The anxiety became anger and then in my anger, I sinned.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: anger, forgiveness, God, marriage, parenting, sin

Umatilla Marble

September 9, 2018 By Anne Warner 3 Comments

One early May Saturday my spouse and I helped plant trees in the Southtown area of Grand Rapids, Michigan. The kids came too, but pretty […]

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Filed Under: Prayer Tagged With: Prayer

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