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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

You’ve got a little something on your forehead… kids and Ash Wednesday

February 14, 2018 By Miriam McKenney 1 Comment

How will you begin your Lenten season? Miriam McKenney talks to her teens about their Lenten disciplines and reflects on the importance of taking children to Ash Wednesday worship. When we honor and face death, we prepare ourselves to be welcomed in to new life in Jesus.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: Ash Wednesday, children, Children in church, discipleship, God, Jesus, Lent, sacrifice, teenagers, teens

Faith at Home: Planning Ahead to February

January 27, 2018 By Nurya Love Parish Leave a Comment

Take note! Ash Wednesday is Valentine’s Day this year.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: Ash Wednesday, Candlemas, February, Lent, Presentation of our Lord Jesus Christ, St. Matthias, The Good Book Club, Valentine's Day

Ash Wednesday – and Endurance

March 1, 2017 By Nurya Love Parish 8 Comments

The day will come when death slaps my kids in the face. When it does, I want them to remember all our Ash Wednesdays.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: Ash Wednesday, death, Lent, teens, tweens

My Lenten Discipline: Respecting Death

February 28, 2017 By Nadia Stefko 2 Comments

My hope is that–with one eye on my prayer book, and the other on the compost heap–I can come to respect the work death does for us… the life it enables to take root.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: Ash Wednesday, compost, death, Lent, repentance, spring, winter

Ash Wednesday

February 10, 2016 By Nurya Love Parish 2 Comments

Today is Ash Wednesday – the official beginning to Lent. You might have noticed that even though Grow Christians is meant to be a Lenten […]

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Filed Under: Lent Tagged With: Acts 8 Movement, Ash Wednesday, Book of Common Prayer, Presiding Bishop Curry, Resource Roundup

I bring my kids to Ash Wednesday worship. Here’s why.

February 8, 2016 By Derek Olsen 16 Comments

As a child, I was somewhat confused about death. I blame Star Wars.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Ash Wednesday, Children in church

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