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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

Grow at the Movies: Little Women

February 3, 2020 By Anne Warner 1 Comment

“It’s not a happily-ever-after story,” said my elder daughter Ida when asked what she thought of the new Little Women movie.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: anger, books, Grow at the Movies, reading, stories

Søren Kierkegaard and Lived Experience

September 8, 2019 By Ryan Kuratko 1 Comment

Teenagers often believe that they are the first humans ever to have discovered sex. The world-altering swells of feeling and emotion—or the seeming opposite of being let down by the whole experience—feels as revolutionary to each of us as any human walking on the moon.

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Filed Under: Discipleship, Saints Tagged With: books, cloud of witnesses, Lesser Feasts and Fasts

Joachim and Anne, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary

July 26, 2019 By Sara Irwin 4 Comments

Today marks the feast of Joachim and Anne, the parents of Mary and the grandparents of Jesus. They don’t appear in canonical scriptures; lacking source material, generations of Christians have looked for them in themselves.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: Blessed Virgin Mary, books, Lesser Feasts and Fasts, Mary, parenting, reading

Reading Aloud

July 5, 2019 By Sarah Carr 3 Comments

When we had our first babies, reading aloud was a way to pass the time, from Narnia to seminary homework.

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Filed Under: Discipleship, Parenting, Uncategorized Tagged With: books, children, children's books, parenting, reading

Seeing ourselves in picture books

July 3, 2019 By Miriam McKenney 2 Comments

Picture books can help you explore diversity with your kids. How do we know that we belong in the world? Seeing ourselves in books is a vital way to learn that we’re all beautiful in the eyes of our creator.

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Filed Under: Discipleship, Parenting, Spiritual Practices Tagged With: books, bookstores, diversity, kids, librarians, libraries, library, parents, picture books, reading

Lenten Reading List

March 10, 2019 By Emily Watkins Leave a Comment

One of the most delightful ways to observe Lent with children is to share stories about the life of Jesus including his death and resurrection, and Easter traditions.

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Filed Under: Lent, Uncategorized Tagged With: books, children's books, Holy Week, Lent, reading

The Color of Life

February 9, 2019 By Cara Meredith 5 Comments

I’m oftentimes asked why I wrote The Color of Life, and if I’m honest with you, the first thing I’ll say is that I never […]

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: books, racial justice, racism

Your Comprehensive Christmas Reading List

December 18, 2018 By Emily Watkins 5 Comments

Reading some beautiful picture books of the Christmas stories is easily one of the most delightful and simple ways to focus our preparations on the birth of Christ. So head to your library, bookstore, or the Amazon marketplace and while you are at it, pick up some hot chocolate and marshmallows then prepare to snuggle up in front of twinkly lights.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Parenting Tagged With: Bible, books, Christmas, parenting, reading, stories

Learning to Love God and Love Others Well on All Saints Day

November 1, 2018 By Emily Watkins 1 Comment

My boys and I adore our annual All Saints celebration. Though it varies from year to year, the celebration always includes a game we call […]

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Saints Tagged With: All Saints' Day, books, children, Feast Days, saints

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