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What do those letters mean?

January 1, 2023 By Allison Sandlin Liles Leave a Comment

As you prepare for worship, whether it’s today or a future Sunday, I invite you to take a few moments to consider some of the symbols we use for Jesus in our church buildings

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: church, Feast Days, Holy Name of Jesus

What we know to do

December 16, 2022 By Christian Simmers Leave a Comment

“Why do you always do the work in the kitchen at church? Why not Dad?”

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Filed Under: Parenting, Spiritual Practices Tagged With: Advent, church, cooking, gun violence

In the Middle

September 19, 2021 By Christian Simmers Leave a Comment

We are waiting, as a family, as a community, as the Body of Christ, in palpable anticipation for the end of this pandemic.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: church, coronavirus, parenting, waiting

Notes from an Altar Guild Intern

September 9, 2021 By Anne Warner 3 Comments

It seems altar guilds have secret society tendencies. They keep to themselves for the most part, dutifully showing up when no one else is around to do tasks that only get noticed if they aren’t done or are done incorrectly.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: altar guild, church

The Conference Room Table in Christian Formation

September 7, 2021 By Susan Caldwell 1 Comment

Part of my scope of work at Saint Michael and All Angels Episcopal as Director of Christian Education is attending committee meetings — a lot of meetings!

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Christian formation, church, youth ministry

The Bread Box, Ecumenical Love, and Murals

April 22, 2021 By Sarah Carr 1 Comment

Whatever this seminary word may mean tomorrow, today ecumenical means that the Church universal served the church local, and everyone knew Love.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: art, church, ecumenism

Hello, Gorgeous

March 9, 2021 By Anne Warner 8 Comments

Circle up you gorgeous pandemic caregivers. Look at your tired hands and feet. You are alive today. You’ve kept others alive this past year.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: caretaking, children, church, coronavirus, exhaustion, parenting

Conversations, Spoken and Unspoken

August 13, 2020 By Matthew Cadden Hyde  1 Comment

I recently had a conversation with someone about their autistic son. It wasn’t a comfortable chat, being marked with regret and sadness and questions about faith. I

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: autism, Children in church, church, conversations, parenting, special needs

Our Sunday Morning Diaspora

May 29, 2020 By Kit Lonergan 5 Comments

I had it fully mapped out in my head what an excellent Sunday morning we were going to have, which was the first sign that it was definitely going to go in another direction.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: Children in church, church, coronavirus, parenting

Saint Dunstan and The Crown

May 19, 2020 By Fr. Patrick Funston Leave a Comment

The best scene of the best episode of Netflix’s “The Crown” is Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation in “Smoke and Mirrors” (the fifth episode of the first season).

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Filed Under: Saints, Spiritual Practices Tagged With: church, Prayer, saints

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