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About Jerusalem Jackson Greer

Jerusalem Jackson Greer is a writer, family minister, speaker, blogger, and the author of the book At Home in this Life: Finding Peace at the Crossroads of Unraveled Dreams and Beautiful Surprises, and A Homemade Year: The Blessings of Cooking, Crafting and Coming Together. Jerusalem lives with her husband and two sons (ages 12 and 16) at the intersection of beauty and mess, on a farm-in-progress in Central Arkansas. Together they are attempting to live a slower version of modern life rooted in their faith. In-between batches of laundry Jerusalem loves to write and speak all the wonderful trouble this pursuit causes her. You can find Jerusalem online at jerusalemgreer.com or on Instagram under the same name.

Blessing the Light: A Youth Activity For Candlemas

January 31, 2020 By Jerusalem Jackson Greer 1 Comment

Candlemas is the celebration and blessing of candles associated with the Feast of the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple. The Feast of the Presentation marks the moment Mary and Joseph brought Jesus to the temple as an offering to God, their first born son.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: Building Faith, Candlemas, Jerusalem Jackson Greer, teenagers, youth, youth ministry

Teaching the Lord’s Prayer

February 7, 2019 By Jerusalem Jackson Greer 2 Comments

A while ago I was looking for a gift to give at church for children’s baptisms or to new parents, when I stumbled upon these jumbo prayer beads, perfect for little hands. Wanting to connect the beads to a practice of prayer, I devised a little method of traveling the beads while praying The Lord’s Prayer, connecting each bead to a portion of the prayer, in the hopes that this tactile practice would help the children both memorize and internalize the prayer that Christ taught us all to pray.

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Gather, Listen, Do & Go – A Simple Pattern for Family Faith

July 8, 2017 By Jerusalem Jackson Greer 2 Comments

We can pattern our lives at home after the pattern we see in the liturgy.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: discipleship, liturgy, ministry, summer

Lent with Young Ones: An Adventure

February 23, 2017 By Jerusalem Jackson Greer 1 Comment

Are your kids too young to “get” Lent? Here are some fun ways to turn the season into an adventure.

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More than Merely Decorative

January 31, 2017 By Jerusalem Jackson Greer 4 Comments

The objects in my home, and on my walls, reinforce the lessons I try to teach my children – and help myself absorb ever more fully.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: art, decorating, faith at home, Prayer

Celebrating Holy Cross Day

September 14, 2016 By Jerusalem Jackson Greer 2 Comments

To share the comfort and healing that Christ offers, I must be willing to go into the destroyed and damaged places in my community, my home, my church and face the ruin honestly.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: appliqué, craft, cross, Holy Cross Day, Paraclete Press, Red Cross

Printable Back to School Prayer Bookmarks

August 9, 2016 By Jerusalem Jackson Greer 9 Comments

These free, printable bookmarks are a way to remind both students and teachers of God’s presence with them as a new school year begins.

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Prayer Stones and Hopeless Optimism

July 14, 2016 By Jerusalem Jackson Greer 1 Comment

Maybe I am a hopeless optimist, but I think it is always worth a try to bring my family back around to faith, laughter, and great conversations.

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The Best Parenting Prayer I Know

June 20, 2016 By Jerusalem Jackson Greer 4 Comments

Two simple prayers: “Help me, help me, help me.” and “Thank you, thank you, thank you.” have sustained my parenting.

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In the Middle of Lent

February 29, 2016 By Jerusalem Jackson Greer 4 Comments

Well here I am. I am stuck in the middle. The middle of Lent. And I am waiting. And I am tired of it.

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Filed Under: Lent Tagged With: crafts, gardening, Jerusalem Jackson Greer

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