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The Spiritual Practice of Bible Journaling

June 3, 2022 By Traci Smith Leave a Comment

I’m on vacation for a little while.. a great time to work on some spiritual practices that have become important to me in recent weeks and months.

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Filed Under: Spiritual Practices Tagged With: art, Bible, Bible Study, Christian formation, Traci Smith

An Eastertide Word of the Day

May 3, 2022 By Caroline Rossini 2 Comments

Well, I feel like I need to come clean: I failed.

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Filed Under: Parenting, Spiritual Practices Tagged With: Bible, Easter, joy, Lent, love, young children

Learning from the Courage and Witness of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

April 9, 2022 By Eric Liles Leave a Comment

What does it means to be a follower of Jesus when authoritarian leaders co-opt the gospel of peace for their own agenda of war and oppression?

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: Bible, bonhoeffer, saints, youth

Where did you see God this week?

March 5, 2022 By Caroline Rossini 1 Comment

This Lent, I hope to clear out some of the noise that prevents me from paying attention.

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Filed Under: Lent, Spiritual Practices Tagged With: Bible, Bible Study, God, Lent

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

The Good Book Club Returns

January 7, 2022 By Allison Sandlin Liles Leave a Comment

Yesterday’s Feast of the Epiphany marked the return of The Good Book Club. 

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Filed Under: Good Book Club Tagged With: Bible, children, Exodus, Forward Movement, The Good Book Club

The Good News as Luke Understood It

October 18, 2021 By Ann Benton Fraser Leave a Comment

The gospel lesson assigned for today’s Feast of Saint Luke the Evangelist has one of my favorite scripture moments.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: Bible, coronavirus, Feast Days, St. Luke

The lasting impact of Saint Jerome’s Words

September 30, 2021 By Eric Liles Leave a Comment

Much of how we understand Christianity today was decided in the 4th century CE

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: Bible, cloud of witnesses, Scripture

Lancelot Andrewes and Icons for Vocation

September 26, 2021 By Dorian Del Priore Leave a Comment

Spiderman’s real name was Peter Parker, and the wit and brains were a part of Peter before he became Spiderman. That gave me hope. I was sort of a dorky, nerdy kid, and if a kid like Peter could become something great, then maybe I could, too.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: Bible, cloud of witnesses, icons, saints, school

How I Made a Bible Lesson Thought-Provoking (and Fun) for My Nephew

August 26, 2021 By Oscar Collins Leave a Comment

In Matthew 25:14-30, Jesus tells the Parable of the Talents. The parable is about a master who entrusts his property to three servants according to the abilities of each one.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Bible, cooking with kids, crafts with kids, Neighbors, spiritual gifts

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