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Creating Sacred Spaces
As a child, my impression was that a clergyperson’s work was confined to celebrating Eucharist on Sunday mornings and spending ...
10 ways I practice faith while parenting teenagers
“When Jamie gets to that age, you’re going to help me, right?” “How can I get my kids to turn ...
Ash Wednesday
Today is Ash Wednesday - the official beginning to Lent. You might have noticed that even though Grow Christians is ...
I bring my kids to Ash Wednesday worship. Here’s why.
As a child, I was somewhat confused about death. I blame Star Wars ...
Talking with kids about the hard stuff in Lent
My 5-year-old daughter most emphatically does NOT believe in “a season for everything.” ...
Why Grow Christians?
Today, I’m a priest in the Episcopal Church and the mother of middle schoolers. But not long ago, I was ...
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Saint Joseph, Fatherhood, and Fitted Bedsheets
In March 2019, I first learned that I was going to be a father. In those initial moments, I felt ...
The Promise of Being Marked as Christ’s Own
Do you like snakes? I am not particularly fond of them, so if Saint Patrick popped around to banish them ...
Watching My Kids Acolyte
Boredom is a safe and loved child's worst nightmare. Keeping the mind busy when the body is required to sit ...
Perpetua’s Challenge to Rethink Adulthood
“I am a Christian.”—The Passion of Perpetua and Felicity. Tr. Thomas J Heffernan. Oxford University Press, 2012. When did you ...
Parenting in the Wilderness this Lent
I remember the jokes that weren’t entirely joking as we entered Lent in 2021…wait, hasn’t the last year been a ...
The Wesley Brothers: Faithful in Devotion and Action
I have always admired those who, even when disillusioned by the church, choose to stay engaged—wrestling with their doubts until ...