Holy Interruptions
Why is Mother’s Day so HARD? Let’s begin here: I love my Mom and all the wonderful women who have […]
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Parenting
Prayers for Protection from Monsters
Children go through various stages of development when it comes to sleep and fear of the dark. My youngest child
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A Holy Week at the Table: Cooking, Prayer, and Rediscovery
Last year, I began a tradition of preparing symbolic meals for each night of Holy Week as a way to
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Staying in the weighty matters of death on Good Friday
On Palm Sunday, during the reading of the passion gospel, my three and a half year old learned that Jesus died. On the one hand, I was swelling with parental pride for his calm attentiveness and understanding of the story. But on the other hand, I was worried about how this new information would begin processing in his young mind.
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Does this bag make me look holy?
We need to talk about getting out the door to church on Sunday morning. Maybe you’re one of those unicorns
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The Blessings within an Inconvenient Lent
I am not on social media all that often, because when I do, my feed seems to turn into a
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Discovering God in the Ordinary Moments With My Young Child
So much of the early development of faith occurs before children can even articulate what is happening within them. For
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Chaplain Teddy’s Guiding Light: Helping Children Make Sense of Goodbye
There are moments in life when words feel too small, especially when children are facing loss, illness, or the mystery
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What One Giant, Costco-Sized Bear Taught Me About the Push and Pull of Life
I teared up in the donation parking lot the other day. Getting teary-eyed when I unload a trunk full of
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Making Theology Playful: Teaching Big Truths to Little Hearts
“Why?” It’s a question I hear dozens of times a day from my toddler.Why does the moon follow us?Why did Jesus
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