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Holy Gatekeepers

September 26, 2023 By Elizabeth Bentrup Leave a Comment

‘Pleeeease? Just this once.’  My mom never fell for it. 

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: parenting, teenagers

The big questions only a four-year-old can ask

September 19, 2023 By Allison Sandlin Liles 2 Comments

But how do we model discipleship when we live so far away?

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Filed Under: Discipleship, Parenting Tagged With: aunt, books, questions

Do Not Fear

August 17, 2023 By Scott Robinson 3 Comments

People tend to bridle at the oft-repeated biblical injunction to ‘fear God.’

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: back to school, fear, love, Psalms

The Power of Presence

August 15, 2023 By Elizabeth Bentrup 1 Comment

The hero’s journey predates even our earliest holy scriptures.

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Filed Under: Parenting, Saints Tagged With: Blessed Virgin Mary, hero, St. Mary the Virgin, teenagers

Barbie and the Existential Crisis

August 4, 2023 By Sarah Kinney Gaventa Leave a Comment

I was not a child who enjoyed dolls.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: gender, Grow at the Movies, movie, parenting

You’re More than Just Your Gifts: A Midsummer Reflection on the Rhetoric of the So-Called Purpose Driven Life

July 28, 2023 By Bonnie Smith Whitehouse Leave a Comment

Since childhood, I have been a devotee of Episcopal summer camp experience.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: Disney, Episcopal Camps and Conference Centers, parable, parenting

The Gospel According to Taylor Swift

July 13, 2023 By Sara Irwin Leave a Comment

I recently had the privilege of attending a Taylor Swift concert. And yes, it was a privilege.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: Jesus Christ, Music, parenting, teenagers

Extended Family

July 10, 2023 By Elizabeth Bentrup Leave a Comment

As it turns out, Uncle Ed Sheeran and Auntie Taylor Swift only feel like family, but they have a powerful influence over our growing children, much more so than the family we only get to see and visit at holidays.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: Music, parenting, teenagers

Summer at the Pool: Remembering our Baptisms

July 5, 2023 By Kimberly Knowle-Zeller Leave a Comment

When the pool opens for the season, my kids want to be there.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: babies, baptism, book list, Desmond Tutu, devotional, ELCA, parenting, Prayer

Co-Parenting Communication

June 19, 2023 By Elizabeth Bentrup 1 Comment

We are aware that our experience of co-parenting does not reflect that of other people in a broken relationship.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: communication, divorce, parenting

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