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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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Honoring the ‘Saint’ in Saint Nicholas
I used to play Saint Nicholas and present his story at Christmas markets designed to inspire giving to non-profits helping ...
Jesus’ Invitation to Andrew and to Us This Advent
Searching the Gospel for stories of Andrew, we find him in sentences such as this one from Matthew 10: “Simon, ...
Welcoming Advent into Our Homes
Part of my family is already observing Advent. And it's not the clergy parents who are up to their eyeballs ...
Forming Faith in the Chronicles of Narnia
In the Trinity Term of 1929 I gave in, and admitted that God was God, and knelt and prayed. Clive ...
Saint Margaret: Christian, Queen, Wife, Mother
Today, we celebrate the Feast Day of Saint Margaret of Scotland. Her story reads like a fairytale-complex with political intrigue, ...
Carrying the Light: Saint Martin of Tours and Veterans/Armistice Day
Today the Church remembers Saint Martin of Tours. His feast day dates much farther back in time than the observances ...








