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All Saints: Bound by Water

November 1, 2020 By Dorian Del Priore Leave a Comment

A few years ago, I ran across a video of a toddler playing in the rain for the first time. As someone who loves the rain, I was immediately captivated.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Saints Tagged With: All Saints' Day, baptism, cloud of witnesses, Feast Days

The World Matters

July 28, 2020 By Sarah Carr 1 Comment

What is going on in the world means something to me.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: baptism, baptismal covenant

Philip: the Patron Saint of the Interrupted

October 11, 2019 By Maria Kane 1 Comment

While in college, one of the best parts about my summertime subway commute to work was the 50 minutes of uninterrupted reading it afforded me every day. To stave off any potential conversations, I always boarded the train with my book in hand, head down.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: Acts of the Apostles, baptism, Feast Days, Philip, reading, strangers

Baptism Blessings at the Animal Shelter

July 10, 2019 By Allison Sandlin Liles 6 Comments

After online and in-person trainings, and a firm understanding that we would not be adopting any pets of our own, we became certified Operation Kindness volunteers, the largest no kill shelter in north Texas.

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Filed Under: Parenting, Uncategorized Tagged With: baptism, dog, parenting, service, volunteer, young children

What happens when a godparent dies before the child is grown?

October 28, 2018 By Melissa Wilcox 1 Comment

As a family gathers around the baptismal font, the words asked of the godparents are some of the most poignant queries. “Will you be responsible […]

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: baptism, death, godparents

Growing into the Full Stature of Christ at Summer Camp

July 31, 2018 By Carrie Willard 2 Comments

A few years ago, I wrote this before sending my oldest child off to summer camp. After sending him for three years in a row, […]

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: baptism, baptismal covenant, camp, faith community

Words, Wonder, Wheat, and Resurrection

April 24, 2017 By Nadia Stefko 1 Comment

My young daughter is beginning to understand the holy through the ordinary.

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Filed Under: Easter, Parenting Tagged With: baptism, Easter, resurrection, Walter Wangerin, wheat

What is the full stature of Christ? My son and I are learning together.

February 7, 2017 By Kit Lonergan 9 Comments

Our son’s gifts will bring God glory in their own ways, in their own times.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: baptism, baptismal covenant, special needs

Finding hope – and the spirit of Christmas – even now.

January 23, 2017 By Heather Sleightholm 2 Comments

Hope and good will are meant to be ever with us, having come to us so miraculously on Christmas Day.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: baptism, baptismal covenant, darkness, hope, Jesus, light, Prayer, St. John

Jesus’ Baptism – and Ours

January 8, 2017 By Allison Sandlin Liles Leave a Comment

Jesus’ baptism marked an incredible turning point in his life and ministry. What about ours?

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: baptism, Baptism of Jesus, change, discipleship, Isaiah, Matthew, power, Suffering Servant

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