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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

Saint Benedict’s Reminder for Daily Life

July 11, 2021 By Bingham Powell Leave a Comment

Most prayer books sitting in the pew rack have a section of pages that are somewhat dirty. You see them from the side while the book is closed. They are darkened and protruding out a bit.

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Filed Under: Parenting, Prayer, Saints Tagged With: Book of Common Prayer, Daily Office, Evening Prayer, St. Benedict

Growing Christians is Here (and so is a discount code)!

October 27, 2020 By Allison Sandlin Liles 1 Comment

The day is finally here: October 27th. It’s the publication date for Growing Christians, the first book we created as the Grow Christians community. Last week I shared a sneak peek inside the book on the Feast of Saint Luke the Evangelist, and today I’d like to share why we wrote it. 

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Parenting, Saints Tagged With: Bible, Book of Common Prayer, books, children, Family, Feast Days, Forward Movement, Growing Christians, parenting, saints

Thomas Cranmer’s Steadfast Faith

October 16, 2020 By Kit Lonergan Leave a Comment

“Pizza is my favorite food, too.”

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: anglican communion, Book of Common Prayer, cloud of witnesses, martyrdom, Thomas Cranmer

Praying our way on the narrow path

October 5, 2017 By Miriam McKenney 2 Comments

I don’t know about your feed, but mine is full of posts about how to talk to our children about this latest tragedy. Here’s where God led us when we finally did.

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Filed Under: Discipleship, Parenting, Prayer Tagged With: Bible, Book of Common Prayer, human disaster, natural disaster, Prayer, psalm, Scripture, teens, tragedy

My children are hearing the Bible in worship, camp and Sunday School. It all counts!

August 21, 2017 By Carrie Willard Leave a Comment

All of the snippets of scripture that we hear in worship and sing in hymns “count” in my children’s Christian education.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: Bible, Book of Common Prayer, children, Children in church, Evening Prayer, faith at home, faith formation, hymns, lectionary, Music, parenting

Finding God in the Carpool Lane

August 13, 2017 By Christine Hides Leave a Comment

I often find myself with 10 minutes in the carpool lane. Rather than scroll through my phone, I reach for my basket.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: back to school, Bible, Book of Common Prayer, discipleship, Prayer, school

The Bible and quantum physics teach us: our actions affect future generations.

August 5, 2017 By Mary Lee Wile 1 Comment

What we do now will affect those born a century from now.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: Book of Common Prayer, church, community, discipleship, Forward Movement, grandchildren, grandparents, Prayer

Reconciliation of a Penitent: What Is It and What Can I Expect if I Try It?

August 1, 2017 By Hillary Raining Leave a Comment

A new book contains reflection and practical helps for the rite of sacramental reconciliation.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: Book of Common Prayer, confession, Joy in Confession, penitence, Prayer, reconciliation, sacrament, sin

It turns out, church summer camp changed my life.

July 19, 2017 By Rachel Jones 3 Comments

Concentrated time with Jesus and a faithful, beloved community such as the ones formed at camp are important for all of us.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: Book of Common Prayer, camp, children, Episcopal Camps and Conference Centers, parenting, summer

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