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Palm Sunday in Extraordinary Times

April 5, 2020 By Sarah Kinney Gaventa 1 Comment

I live in Austin, Texas, where, along with much of the country, I expect to remain under a “Shelter in Place” order during Palm Sunday. What a strange contradiction on a Sunday in which we would ordinarily march around the streets of the church, waving palm branches, and loudly singing, “Hosanna in the highest!”

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Filed Under: Lent, Liturgical Year Tagged With: coronavirus, Palm Sunday, palms, parenting, young children

When the Basics are Hard

April 3, 2019 By Sarah Kinney Gaventa 3 Comments

I’ve been attending yoga classes at my local studio for about a year. I’m into yoga for the stretching and centering, so when Zoe announced that the theme of the Wednesday class was going to be hard work, I immediately got nervous.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Prayer Tagged With: bedtime, confession, Lent, parenting, Prayer, spiritual practice

Grandpa’s Tent: Talking with children about death

August 10, 2018 By Sarah Kinney Gaventa Leave a Comment

Last night my husband and I went to see the movie based on Fred Roger’s ministry, Won’t You Be My Neighbor. In the 1980s, his show […]

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: children, children's books, death, Forward Movement, grief

Liturgical Trapdoors: Preparing for Mother’s Day

May 8, 2018 By Sarah Kinney Gaventa 6 Comments

In May of 2002, I wandered through the aisles of a Target.  I probably needed laundry detergent, but instead was lingering over purses and sunglasses, […]

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: adult child, church, Family

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