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Honoring St. Matthias
Saint Matthias, an Apostle, is remembered and honored today. Notable for being chosen to replace Judas among the Twelve, he ...
Planning to Celebrate St. Matthias
The Episcopal Church honors St. Matthias this Wednesday, February 24th. If you want to observe this day at home, you'll need ...
When Art Becomes Prayer
This morning I was in line at the store and looked down to see a stack of coloring books for ...
This Lent, What’s In Your Ears?
When Lent comes around, we think about the foods we stuff in our mouths, walking our feet to the gym, and ...
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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The Trinity Calls us Deeper into Relationship
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God” (John 1:1). And ...
Columba: a saint who loved God’s great story
In the midst of all his toils, he appeared loving unto all, serene and holy, rejoicing in the joy of ...
The Spirit of Pentecost and the Practice of Paying Attention
Today is Pentecost, the day on the church calendar when we remember and celebrate the arrival of the Holy Spirit, ...
Celebrating the Visitation and Quiet Miracles that Change the World
“My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, my spirit rejoices in God my Savior” I remember the first time ...
Celebrating the Ascension in Modern Times
Feast of the Ascension Then they gathered around him and asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to ...
No Justice, No Peace: Mechthild of Magdeburg and The Long Lineage of Protest Poetry
Poets say the strangest things. I first learned this when I became absolutely preoccupied by Emily Dickinson in the fourth ...