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Barnabas: Child of Encouragement

June 11, 2020 By Benjamin Gildas Leave a Comment

Have you ever felt like you were the sidekick to a bigger, more outstanding personality? 

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: COVID-19, encouragement, New Testament, St. Barnabas, St. Paul

Celebrating Sisterhood with Mary and Martha

July 29, 2019 By Benjamin Gildas 1 Comment

As a dad of two daughters, I have a lot of feelings about today’s feast day for Mary and Martha of Bethany.

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Filed Under: Parenting, Saints Tagged With: Bible, cloud of witnesses, Jesus, Mary and Martha, sisters

God’s Love Actually

December 9, 2018 By Benjamin Gildas Leave a Comment

I know that it is the season of Advent, but Christmas is on my heart and mind. It’s hard to avoid, since, in the words of fictional rock-n-roll legend Billy Mack, “Christmas is all around.” Christmas is on tv, in stores, in our email boxes, and of course, we’re inundated with holiday musical classics.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: Advent, Christmas, divorce, God, incarnation, love, parenting

Cruciform Parenting

October 8, 2018 By Benjamin Gildas Leave a Comment

Being a long distance parent never gets any easier. You live with the constant feeling that something is missing. There is a dull ache you […]

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Hearing Jesus

July 10, 2018 By Benjamin Gildas Leave a Comment

On Grow Christians, I have had the opportunity to share my family’s story and my own journey first through divorce, then to long distance parenting, […]

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Filed Under: Prayer Tagged With: children, Evening Prayer, Prayer

Laughter, Love, and The Royal Wedding

June 15, 2018 By Benjamin Gildas Leave a Comment

Everyone was excited about the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, my six year old step-daughter Rose included. Except she was excited in […]

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: children, screen time

Lent Almost Passed Me By (But God Didn’t)

March 13, 2018 By Benjamin Gildas Leave a Comment

I was married on January 14th of this year. Lent arrived not long after.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: art, discipleship, Lent, young children

Post-divorce, what is reconciliation? This Lent, how can I be made new?

February 19, 2018 By Benjamin Gildas 3 Comments

Pain, time, and distance have created a wedge that may never be overcome. What does that mean for my ministry of reconciliation?

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: blended family, divorce, Lent, reconciliation

I was finished with marriage, but marriage wasn’t finished with me.

January 19, 2018 By Benjamin Gildas 1 Comment

Human beings break their promises. But God doesn’t break promises to us.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: children, covenant, discipleship, divorce, Family, forgiveness, marriage, wedding, young children

This year, Christmas came early (but we were together).

December 20, 2017 By Benjamin Gildas 1 Comment

This will be the first Christmas in my life I did not spend with my daughter.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Parenting, Uncategorized Tagged With: Advent, blended family, children, Christmas, divorce, parenting, Thanksgiving

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