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Mary, Adoption, and Divinity

August 12, 2021 By Samantha Vincent-Alexander 8 Comments

As time went by, I found myself growing bitter toward Mary. She was a woman, but she had no idea what it was to pray for a baby and then not be able to conceive one. She received divine intervention without even asking for it.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: adoption, birth, Blessed Virgin Mary, Feast Days, science, St. Mary the Virgin

Advent Care Package for Youth: What’s in the box?

November 13, 2020 By Miriam McKenney Leave a Comment

A post from the Forma Facebook page a few days ago reminded me: what am I doing for Advent with my youth group? Of course, I should have been thinking about this weeks ago. But here I am, scrolling through the list of ideas and putting together my Advent care package. But it’s not too late, especially in God’s time.  

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Spiritual Practices, Way of Love Tagged With: Advent, birth, coloring, craft, Jesus, nativity

Celebrating the Nativity of John the Baptist with Prophecy and Flame

June 24, 2019 By Allison Sandlin Liles 4 Comments

Today our church celebrates the Feast of the Nativity of John the Baptist. It’s always been an interesting feast day for me. Typically feast days commemorate the entire lives of saints. They get a singular day to mark their births, the miracles and ministries they performed while alive, and ultimately their deaths.

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The Transfigured Jesus Should Transfigure All of Us

August 6, 2018 By Melody Wilson Shobe Leave a Comment

The Feast of the Transfiguration has always been a favorite of mine. My first preaching assignment in seminary was on Luke 9:28-36, the story of […]

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Parenting Tagged With: birth, Feast Days, Transfiguration

Lent: a season of grief, of grace, of peace.

March 14, 2017 By Wren Blessing 11 Comments

Before my mom died, I faced Lent with a kind of calculated resolve. Now the season opens up differently for me, into a sort of invitation.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: baby, birth, death, dying, grief, Lent, motherhood

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