This year the Ascension just hits different (as the kids like to say). Our pandemic experience right now has parallels to how the disciples must have felt after the resurrection
The Interlude before the Ascension Read Post »
We started this whole quarantine, isolation, homeschool, work from home thing almost a month ago in the middle of Lent. The me who loves rhythms of liturgical seasons could spiritually get behind the idea that we would spend Lent sacrificing for others.
The Tomb is Empty and We’re Still Home Read Post »
I smile as the 4-year-old shows me Butterscotch, her much-loved bunny; Butterscotch proceeds to die two days later, and I cannot help or hold the child in her grief.
Through a Glass, Darkly Read Post »
I was fairly certain Jesus would be present among our family of five on Easter morning.
As We Gathered Apart Read Post »
What do we do when we can’t be together in person? Miriam shares how her youth group stays socially and spiritually connected while physically distant from one another.
Keeping our community: spiritual connection and physical distance Read Post »
Palm Sunday will be here in just a few short days and I am not ready for it. I’m not ready for Holy Week as a priest, as a parent, or as an individual person trying to follow Christ. And yet, it’s coming.
Preparing for Holy Week at Home Read Post »
This year I have two parental goals during Eastertide: Remember to teach the story of Easter and remember to celebrate Easter for its full fifty days.
Alleluia! Christ is Risen! Read Post »
God’s story is rich with adventure, love, deceit, and every situation and emotion imaginable. My kids are hooked. My new theory about reading the Bible with kids: they’re never too young to be challenged, and they’re never too old to wonder. Join us as we read Luke and Acts!
Scripture engagement works. My teens dove deeper. Read Post »
I take my youngest son to watch the dawning of day. Together each morning we rediscover the hope of resurrection.
Easter upends our expectations. Thank God! Read Post »
