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Author name: Miriam McKenney

Miriam Willard McKenney is a child of God who finds extreme joy parenting her three girls: Nia, 26; Kaia, 21; and Jaiya, 18. She and her husband, David, met at the Union of Black Episcopalians conference in 1981. Miriam works as Forward Movement’s Development Director and at Calvary Episcopal Church in Cincinnati as Youth Director. She was a children’s librarian and school media specialist for 20 years before joining Forward Movement’s staff. She loves outdoor fitness in extreme temperatures, as there is no bad weather, just incorrect clothing choices.

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Parenting, Prayer

We interrupt your regularly scheduled program for a visit from Life

Parenting gets rough when everyone’s problems happen at the same time. What do you do when eveyrone in the family struggles — including you?

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Easter, Lent, Spiritual Practices

Scripture engagement works. My teens dove deeper.

God’s story is rich with adventure, love, deceit, and every situation and emotion imaginable. My kids are hooked. My new theory about reading the Bible with kids: they’re never too young to be challenged, and they’re never too old to wonder. Join us as we read Luke and Acts!

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Liturgical Year, Spiritual Practices

Epiphany revelations from the Old Testament

Epiphany offers us a chance to remember that Jesus was a king, but not the king people thought he would be. He was a baby, a child of God, and his life promised that we, too, would all be children of God. The prophets foretold him, God revealed him, the Three Kings honored him, and we adore him.

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Parenting

Living the dream: claiming authorship

Do you have a dream you’re working on? Miriam reflects on her life’s dream, and what it feels like to achieve a goal with the help of faith and family.

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Parenting, Spiritual Practices

Cooked with Love: A Legacy of Thanksgiving Traditions

Mom cooked a huge Thanksgiving meal each year – and I never got why. Until, that is, we had to celebrate Thanksgiving without her.

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Liturgical Year, Spiritual Practices

My youth group is reading Exodus. They not-so-secretly like it.

A few weeks ago, my youth group joined Southern Ohio’s Diocesan Big Read, where we all read Exodus in community. What would my youth group think of my plan to have Bible study each week? Would extra snacks help? Here’s what happened.

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Discipleship, Parenting, Prayer

Praying our way on the narrow path

I don’t know about your feed, but mine is full of posts about how to talk to our children about this latest tragedy. Here’s where God led us when we finally did.

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