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An Eastertide Word of the Day

May 3, 2022 By Caroline Rossini 2 Comments

Well, I feel like I need to come clean: I failed.

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Filed Under: Parenting, Spiritual Practices Tagged With: Bible, Easter, joy, Lent, love, young children

Waiting on the Reveal

April 26, 2022 By Laura Shaver 2 Comments

In this season of Easter, I have been wondering just when and how Jesus might reveal himself to our oldest son, or all our sons for that matter.

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Filed Under: Easter, Parenting Tagged With: children, Faith, tweens

Building Empathy, Abundance, and Relationship this Eastertide

March 30, 2022 By Tina Clark Leave a Comment

As part of the One Thousand Days of Love campaign, Episcopal Relief & Development is offering a simple way for churches and parents to think beyond candy and stickers by adding some empathy and gratitude to this year’s Easter egg hunts.

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Filed Under: Easter, Parenting Tagged With: compassion, Easter, Easter basket, Episcopal Relief & Development

The Prodigal Son & The Disney Princess

March 27, 2022 By Bird Treacy Leave a Comment

When we read Bible stories, we always want to cast ourselves as favorably as possible. Sure, we might not be the Forgiving Father – that’s clearly Jesus casting himself in his story, right? – but we could at least be the forgiven son. Except we usually aren’t.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: Disney, Godly Play, lectionary, parable, Wiggles & Wonder

The Parable of the Good Parent

March 25, 2022 By Tina Clark Leave a Comment

Today we celebrate the Feast of the Annunciation, the moment when God sends an angel to a young, unknown, unimportant Jewish woman to announce that she will bear the Savior.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: Annunciation, Blessed Virgin Mary, coronavirus, Jesus Christ, parable, parenting

Weary and Burdened

March 22, 2022 By Christian Simmers Leave a Comment

What do we do when we, as a congregation, as a community, as a world, are truly exhausted and need the rest Jesus promises? Is that space still in the sanctuary? Or are we meant to seek peace away from our community as we heal?

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: children, Children in church, COVID-19, discipleship, Family, parenting

How do you talk to your young children about war?

February 27, 2022 By Lydia Bucklin Leave a Comment

I cannot fix this world for my sweet babies, but I can make sure they know their own place in working for peace.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: children, Godly Play, peace, War

Hallowing the Change

February 23, 2022 By Kit Lonergan 3 Comments

Our son’s first tooth fell out this past week.

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Filed Under: Lent, Parenting Tagged With: change, coronavirus, Lent, parenting

Epiphany, Pregnancy, The Already, and the Not Yet

February 8, 2022 By Lindsay Barrett-Adler 3 Comments

Sandwiched between its higher status siblings Christmas and Lent, Epiphany sometimes feels like the middle child of liturgical seasons.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Parenting Tagged With: Epiphany, incarnation, siblings, waiting

Brotherly Love

January 28, 2022 By Laura Shaver 2 Comments

Over the past few months, our three sons have engaged in sibling fighting so much more so than ever before.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: Jesus, parenting, siblings

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