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Prioritizing Lent

March 7, 2023 By Christian Simmers Leave a Comment

As our daughters grow, we have engaged in many conversations around our family values.

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Filed Under: Lent, Parenting Tagged With: Ash Wednesday, Godly Play, Lent, parenting, teenagers

Truth-Telling on Ash Wednesday

February 22, 2023 By Leyla King Leave a Comment

Recently, a parishioner described to me her experience of a funeral at another church. “They kept talking about the person’s ‘transition,’” she said. “It took me a while to figure out that they were using that word as a euphemism for death.”

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Filed Under: Lent, Liturgical Year Tagged With: Ash Wednesday, children, death, honesty

Finding grace in flowers and snow and everywhere in between

February 21, 2023 By Ann Benton Fraser Leave a Comment

Margaret of Cortona is remembered for her spirit of repentance and supplication.

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Filed Under: Lent, Saints, Uncategorized Tagged With: Ash Wednesday, grace, reconciliation, saints

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

Hope is still there

February 26, 2021 By Cara Meredith Leave a Comment

This year, Ash Wednesday looked like parking in a 12-minute spot on the corner of Bay and Montecito and walking up to the front step of our church building.

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Filed Under: Lent, Liturgical Year Tagged With: Ash Wednesday, coronavirus, COVID-19, hope, Lent

You’re a child of God and you’re made for glory, baby.

February 17, 2021 By Maria Kane 3 Comments

The origin of one of my most beloved Ash Wednesday traditions can be traced back to Game 7 of the 1988 NBA finals between Isaiah Thomas’s Detroit Pistons, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Magic Johnson’s Los Angeles Lakers.

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Filed Under: Discipleship, Liturgical Year Tagged With: Ash Wednesday, fasting, grandparents, sin

The Evolution of Our Family’s Ash Wednesday Observance

February 26, 2020 By Desi Allevato 1 Comment

My very first Ash Wednesday as a baptized member of the Episcopal Church was February 13, 2013. My husband was at home that evening with our infant son, John Paul, and I was at church alone. I

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Filed Under: Lent Tagged With: Ash Wednesday, Children in church, death, grandparents, Lent, parenting, young adults

Pardon Our Dust

March 6, 2019 By Fr. Patrick Funston Leave a Comment

What is parenting if not equipping our children with the ability to function in the world?

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Ash Wednesday, forgiveness, parenting, repentance, sin

Changing the Subject: Parenting on Ash Wednesday

March 3, 2019 By Sara Irwin Leave a Comment

Every year my sermon for Ash Wednesday comes down to one thing: this business of smearing ashes on our faces? It’s for us, not for God.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Parenting Tagged With: Ash Wednesday, children, Children in church, death, Lent

Faith at Home – Preparing for Lent

February 28, 2019 By Allison Sandlin Liles 1 Comment

The season of Lent is less than a week away. Now is the time to talk with your family about what you will be giving up and/or what disciplines you will be taking on.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Spiritual Practices, Way of Love Tagged With: Ash Wednesday, Bible, Lent, Lent Madness, planning ahead, Prayer, Sacred Spaces, The Path Family Storybook

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