• Home
  • About Us
  • Resources
  • Authors
  • Write for Us
  • Forward Movement

Grow Christians

A community of disciples practicing faith at home

  • Parenting
  • Discipleship
  • Liturgical Year
  • Prayer
  • Archives
    • Seasons of the Year
      • Advent through Epiphany
      • Ash Wednesday, Lent & Holy Week
      • Easter & Pentecost
      • Ordinary Time
    • Seasons of Life
      • Childhood Years
      • Teen & Young Adult Years
      • Grandparenting & Godparenting
    • Saints and Feasts
      • Saints
      • Feasts
    • Discipleship
    • Making Faith Visible
    • Special Series
    • Grow Christians Updates & Giveaways
  • The Good Book Club
  • Holy Day Resources

Grow at the Movies: Little Women

February 3, 2020 By Anne Warner 1 Comment

“It’s not a happily-ever-after story,” said my elder daughter Ida when asked what she thought of the new Little Women movie.

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • Pinterest
  • More
  • Pocket
  • Reddit
  • LinkedIn
  • Skype
  • Print

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: anger, books, Grow at the Movies, reading, stories

Sufficient, Daily Grace

December 8, 2019 By Laura Shaver 2 Comments

“But the Lord said to me, ’My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.”  2 Corinthians 12:9.

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • Pinterest
  • More
  • Pocket
  • Reddit
  • LinkedIn
  • Skype
  • Print

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: anger, forgiveness, grace, parenting

Cultivate Kindness

March 30, 2019 By Laura Shaver 6 Comments

My mom is a retired high school English teacher, and in her retirement, she works part-time at a well-established location of a pretty popular Texas-specific chain of market/gas station for highway travelers.

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • Pinterest
  • More
  • Pocket
  • Reddit
  • LinkedIn
  • Skype
  • Print

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: anger, kindness, parenting, strangers

Road to Contrition

February 4, 2019 By Anne Warner 2 Comments

Due to procrastination and a lack of communication I was anxious and alone on an otherwise serene night. The anxiety became anger and then in my anger, I sinned.

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • Pinterest
  • More
  • Pocket
  • Reddit
  • LinkedIn
  • Skype
  • Print

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: anger, forgiveness, God, marriage, parenting, sin

The Good News (for when we blow it)

June 27, 2016 By Jamie Osborne 2 Comments

Embody the love of God to my children? There are moments when I’m just trying to find the nearest hole into which I can crawl and hide.

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • Pinterest
  • More
  • Pocket
  • Reddit
  • LinkedIn
  • Skype
  • Print

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: anger, disappointment, forgiveness, gospel, reconciliation

Encouragement in your Inbox

Enter your email address to receive notifications of new posts.

Join 4,330 other subscribers

The Spy Series

Grow Christians is brought to you by Forward Movement, a ministry of The Episcopal Church that seeks to inspire disciples and empower evangelists. Follow on Facebook or Twitter.

Search:

Like us on Facebook

Like us on Facebook

Recent Posts

Popular Posts

  • Look Up
  • That moment you realize the voice you’re hearing isn’t God – it’s Satan
  • A bright teen asked me to explain the Trinity. Here's what I said.
  • On the Feast of the Confession of Saint Peter, I notice his faith and his doubt.
  • Thinking ahead to Pentecost: Five Ways to Celebrate

Copyright © 2021 — Forward Movement • All rights reserved.

loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.