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The Uncertainty This Ordinary Time

November 5, 2020 By Desi Allevato Leave a Comment

The other day, my son John Paul and I were looking through some of his work from last school year (perhaps to take our minds off the realities of virtual 2nd grade). He pulled out a paper and showed it to me.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: altar guild, Children in church, coronavirus, Music, ordinary time

Holding on to Promises

July 26, 2020 By Desi Allevato Leave a Comment

Our almost-8-year-old son is attending two weeks of day camp right now, in the middle of July, hopefully before the second wave of covid-19 crashes into our area of central Virginia.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: coronavirus, parenting, summer

Be Still

March 29, 2020 By Desi Allevato 7 Comments

Earlier this winter I started participating in our church’s weekly women’s group, which was finishing up The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown.

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Filed Under: Parenting, Prayer Tagged With: mindfulness, parenting, Prayer, young children

The Evolution of Our Family’s Ash Wednesday Observance

February 26, 2020 By Desi Allevato 1 Comment

My very first Ash Wednesday as a baptized member of the Episcopal Church was February 13, 2013. My husband was at home that evening with our infant son, John Paul, and I was at church alone. I

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Filed Under: Lent Tagged With: Ash Wednesday, Children in church, death, grandparents, Lent, parenting, young adults

Breaking Down Barriers at Church

December 13, 2019 By Desi Allevato Leave a Comment

Families can participate in the life of the church through different, and sometimes unexpected, ways.

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Filed Under: Discipleship, Parenting Tagged With: altar, altar guild, Children in church, church, ministry

A Joyful Noise?

August 8, 2019 By Desi Allevato 3 Comments

The banging of little metal cars against each other with the sounds of crashes made by young mouths. The shuffle of paper and the clack, clack, clack of a pile of markers being dumped out. An angry squeal by a younger sibling to ‘give it back!’

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

Praying in Song

March 12, 2019 By Desi Allevato 4 Comments

I have a confession to make: We do not pray at home, as a family, with any regularity. There, I said it.

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Filed Under: Prayer Tagged With: hymns, Music, Prayer

Waiting Through Uncertainty

December 2, 2018 By Desi Allevato 1 Comment

In the church year, Advent is a season of waiting. It’s a season when we are all encouraged to slow down and exercise our patience muscles in anticipation of the birth of our Savior.

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Will You Let Me Be Your Servant?

October 17, 2018 By Desi Allevato 3 Comments

It can be very difficult to invite others into the messy, private worlds we inhabit with our immediate families, and if we’re lucky, our most […]

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Filed Under: Spiritual Practices Tagged With: friendship, illness, Listening, pastoral care, service, songs

Save Us From the Time of Trial

September 11, 2018 By Desi Allevato 8 Comments

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 […]

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Filed Under: Prayer Tagged With: church, Lords Prayer

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