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The Ignatian Examen: A Prayer for Overwhelmed Parents and Ordinary Days

August 29, 2022 By Margaret Ellsworth 2 Comments

There are seasons of parenting which also feel long and green, when the days and moments blend together in one continuous stream. During one such season for me, when I was a stay-at-home parent, I found help in a prayer practice made for ordinary days: the Ignatian Examen. 

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Filed Under: Parenting, Prayer Tagged With: Forward Movement, parenting, Prayer

Praying Compline with children during this summer of disruption, violence, and injustice

August 22, 2022 By Bonnie Smith Whitehouse

It’s 9 pm on a Tuesday evening, and my 9 and 11 year old boys have just finished their second full day of Camp Mama.

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Filed Under: Discipleship, Parenting, Prayer Tagged With: compline, parenting, summer, young children

Saint Ignatius and a Flock of Minecraft Sheep

July 31, 2022 By Ben Day 2 Comments

When we got home, he downloaded Minecraft on my iPad, and I don’t mind confessing that for the next three straight hours, I engaged in what can only be described as “Ignatian Meditation, Version 2022.”

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Filed Under: Prayer, Saints Tagged With: Good Shepherd, Minecraft, parenting, vacation bible school

Lifting up the lowly

May 31, 2022 By Mary Lee Wile 1 Comment

When I was a little girl, the closet in my bedroom had a back door. You pushed through clothes, unlatched a hook, and behind the door was a dark tunnel: a slanted crawl space that ran the length of the house.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Prayer Tagged With: Elizabeth, magnificat, Mary, Prayer, Visitation

Continuing to Pray for Ukraine

March 11, 2022 By Lauren Kuratko 1 Comment

While I can’t control the war in the Ukraine, I can control my response to it.

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Filed Under: Prayer Tagged With: Prayer, War

Holding onto Hope in Another Pandemic Lent

March 2, 2022 By Allison Sandlin Liles Leave a Comment

As we enter into our third Lent of the pandemic, I’m grateful for the muscle memory and predictable patterns I have created for this season. T

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Prayer, Spiritual Practices Tagged With: Ash Wednesday, faith at home, Lent, Prayer, SALT, Traci Smith

Fostering Faith Formation at Home during Lent

February 25, 2022 By Victoria Hoppes 1 Comment

The complete list of activities and supplies included with our church’s Lent at Home kit.

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Filed Under: Lent, Prayer Tagged With: Christian formation, coronavirus, faith at home, Illustrated Children's Ministry, Lent, Prayer, Traci Smith

Family Morning Prayer with Young Children

January 27, 2022 By Margaret Ellsworth 1 Comment

Worshiping with kids under 5 has never been easy…and during the pandemic it is even more difficult.

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Filed Under: Parenting, Prayer Tagged With: Bible, Book of Common Prayer, coronavirus, worship, young children

When the Distractions Become You

January 5, 2022 By Samantha Vincent-Alexander 2 Comments

These desert mothers were not escaping society as much as they were escaping themselves

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Filed Under: Prayer, Saints Tagged With: desert mother, Prayer, silence

Each and All Saints

November 1, 2021 By Ryan Kuratko 1 Comment

When we offer nighttime prayers at our house, we always include a section of ‘thank you, God’.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Prayer, Saints Tagged With: All Saints' Day, children, communion of saints, death, Feast Days, parenting, Prayer, saints

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