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Zoom: Where the Sacred Meets the Secular

March 15, 2021 By Susan Caldwell Leave a Comment

Little did I know that Zoom was soon to be a household word. The world around us changed quickly, so I adjusted my ministry as the Director of Christian Education.  

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Filed Under: Discipleship, Liturgical Year Tagged With: Christian formation, coronavirus, e-formation, Godly Play, vacation bible school, Zoom meeting

You’re a child of God and you’re made for glory, baby.

February 17, 2021 By Maria Kane 3 Comments

The origin of one of my most beloved Ash Wednesday traditions can be traced back to Game 7 of the 1988 NBA finals between Isaiah Thomas’s Detroit Pistons, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Magic Johnson’s Los Angeles Lakers.

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Filed Under: Discipleship, Liturgical Year Tagged With: Ash Wednesday, fasting, grandparents, sin

So… what are you doing for Black History Month?

February 4, 2021 By Miriam McKenney 4 Comments

In the groups I’m in on Facebook, I see questions like, “What’s everyone doing for Lent?” “Should we whisper about Easter?” Before that, it was […]

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Filed Under: Discipleship, Parenting Tagged With: American History, Black History Month, children, churches, clergy, education, Family, formation, history, leaders, Sunday School, teens

Clutching Romans 5 on Election Day

November 3, 2020 By Sara Irwin Leave a Comment

All of the fault lines dividing us that have been exploited in American culture over the last four years will still be intact no matter when the ballots finish being counted and no matter who wins.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: election, hope, parenting, politics, Romans

Peace, Be Still

August 17, 2020 By Christian Simmers Leave a Comment

As we survey the world around us, where is Jesus? Where is our Savior in the midst of rising pandemic deaths and ruthless injustice for our neighbors?

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: coronavirus, Jesus Christ, peace

The World Matters

July 28, 2020 By Sarah Carr 1 Comment

What is going on in the world means something to me.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: baptism, baptismal covenant

Front Yard People

July 2, 2020 By Elizabeth Bentrup Leave a Comment

Our family has decided that we are #frontyardpeople. We are a family who deliberately spends time in our front yard and we welcome others to […]

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Filed Under: Discipleship, Parenting Tagged With: baptismal covenant, community, hospitality, Neighbors, parenting

Uncovering Rocks

June 24, 2020 By Lauren Kuratko 2 Comments

Lately, I’ve gotten into gardening. We are lucky enough to live in a home on a church property, with places around the property where we can garden.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: COVID-19, gardening, racism, transformation

Nature Study and the Awe of God

June 21, 2020 By Emily Watkins Leave a Comment

Some of my earliest memories are exploring the forty-five acre farm I grew up on. I remember my cousin showing me how to find spit bugs and thinking it was a miracle that hundreds of these little bugs were there wrapped under leaves and yet I had never seen them before.

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Filed Under: Discipleship, Parenting Tagged With: creation, God, nature, parenting

A short family guide to supporting racial justice now

June 18, 2020 By Wendy Claire Barrie Leave a Comment

As I write this, tens of thousands of people have gathered for a tenth straight day from New York City to San Francisco, in every state and at least 11 nations, to protest racism and police brutality.

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Filed Under: Discipleship, Parenting Tagged With: parenting, race, racial justice, racism, Wendy Claire Barrie

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