As we reach the middle of September, we also reach Holy Cross Day. Holy Cross Day is a major feast day in the Episcopal Church […]
Finding Hope in the News and in the Beheading of John the Baptist
My husband and I don’t watch TV news, partially because we have two elementary school aged children, but also because we prefer to read the […]
Creating a Practical Response to the Bread Gospel
Today is the fourth Sunday in a row we’ve heard about bread in church. I am the bread of life, he says, whoever comes to me […]
The Transfigured Jesus Should Transfigure All of Us
The Feast of the Transfiguration has always been a favorite of mine. My first preaching assignment in seminary was on Luke 9:28-36, the story of […]
Showing Up with Mary Magdalene
Even though her eyes were swollen and sensitive from days of crying, her heart broken so that she felt she could hardly breath, Mary Magdalene […]
Stories of God at Home: A Godly Play Approach
Over a decade ago, while in seminary I began researching children’s spirituality. I read whatever I could and looked at (and tried) lots of things, […]
Celebrating St. Peter & St. Paul
Editor’s Note: This is a reprise of a Grow Christians post Nurya Love Parish wrote in June 2016, when our community was young and beginning […]
John the Baptist and Being Part of the Solution
Two years ago Nurya Love Parish wrote a beautiful post about The Nativity of John the Baptist. She walked us through Luke chapter one and […]
Barnabas teaches us to notice the supporting actors in our lives
St. Barnabas, one of the earliest Apostles, is mostly a supporting actor in the story of the early church. In the drama of those first […]
Nurturing Relationships on the Feast of the Visitation
I have been ruminating on how best to observe the Feast of the Visitation today for the past couple weeks. The Visitation is a day […]