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Joseph of Arimathea: A Man of Courage and Legend

August 1, 2020 By Emily Watkins 1 Comment

August 1st is the day the church remembers Joseph of Arimathea. He is mentioned in all four gospels, but they only tell of one deed.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: cloud of witnesses, cross, death, tomb

Mary Magdalene: Be Present and Share the Good News

July 22, 2020 By Emily Watkins Leave a Comment

If Mary Magdalene is anything, she is present.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: cloud of witnesses, Jesus, St. Mary Magdalene

Nature Study and the Awe of God

June 21, 2020 By Emily Watkins Leave a Comment

Some of my earliest memories are exploring the forty-five acre farm I grew up on. I remember my cousin showing me how to find spit bugs and thinking it was a miracle that hundreds of these little bugs were there wrapped under leaves and yet I had never seen them before.

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Filed Under: Discipleship, Parenting Tagged With: creation, God, nature, parenting

Ascension Day Reminds the Church Who We Are

May 21, 2020 By Emily Watkins Leave a Comment

Here, forty days after experiencing the impossible, grappling with the fact that Jesus had risen from the dead, the disciples are again standing in awe. 

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: Acts of the Apostles, Ascension, cake, Feast Days, Luke

A Journey with John

March 3, 2020 By Emily Watkins Leave a Comment

The image of light in John’s gospel has lingered with me in my days over the past few weeks

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Filed Under: Good Book Club Tagged With: Epiphany, light, Music, The Good Book Club

Our Family’s Guide for the Good Book Club

January 25, 2020 By Emily Watkins

I love Epiphany.  I love the stories of the Magi, Anna, Simeon, Paul, Peter, the wedding guests, and others who realize who Jesus is and why he has come.

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Filed Under: Good Book Club Tagged With: art, Bible, children, Epiphany, Scripture, The Good Book Club, young children

A Picture Study on the Feast of Saint Luke

October 18, 2019 By Emily Watkins Leave a Comment

I am delighted to be celebrating the Feast day of Luke the Evangelist. You see, Luke and I have been traveling closely lately. Along with the fact that it is his turn in the lectionary, I’m also currently writing a curriculum for the families at my school studying his gospel.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: art, evangelism, gospel, St. Luke

Lenten Reading List

March 10, 2019 By Emily Watkins Leave a Comment

One of the most delightful ways to observe Lent with children is to share stories about the life of Jesus including his death and resurrection, and Easter traditions.

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Filed Under: Lent, Uncategorized Tagged With: books, children's books, Holy Week, Lent, reading

Roman Rewards

March 5, 2019 By Emily Watkins 1 Comment

In my day job I teach bible stories to 250 kids every week and after I tell a story to each group of twenty students we wonder about it together. I am continually amazed at how deep my students are willing to delve and what amazing insights they have to offer.

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Filed Under: Spiritual Practices Tagged With: Bible, spiritual practice, St. Paul, The Good Book Club

Good Book Club: A Beginning

January 13, 2019 By Emily Watkins Leave a Comment

Tonight one of my boys burst into tears just as I grabbed the bible to start our reading of Romans. He had just remembered that he lost his homework that is due tomorrow and half-way finished.* I took a deep breath. “We’ll find it buddy, it is time to read Romans now.”

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Filed Under: Discipleship, Spiritual Practices Tagged With: Bible, children, children's books, patience, Romans, The Good Book Club

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