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This One Word is Enough

September 19, 2020 By Cara Meredith 4 Comments

“The sun must be sad today, Mama,” my younger son said to me.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: community, coronavirus, fire, Prayer

Front Yard People

July 2, 2020 By Elizabeth Bentrup Leave a Comment

Our family has decided that we are #frontyardpeople. We are a family who deliberately spends time in our front yard and we welcome others to […]

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Filed Under: Discipleship, Parenting Tagged With: baptismal covenant, community, hospitality, Neighbors, parenting

Celebrating the Lesser Feast of Saint Martin with a Lantern Walk

November 11, 2018 By Betsey Monnot 2 Comments

The church celebrates St. Martin of Tours today, November 11th. Martin is best known for cutting his cloak in half with his sword to share with a beggar. Afterward, he had a vision of Christ, wrapped in the half cloak. It’s a pretty simple story, which is one of the reasons it works so well for young children. My children attend a Waldorf school, and celebrating St. Martin has been a beloved tradition for us since the oldest was in preschool.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: children, community, craft, Lesser Feasts and Fasts, light, Martin of Tours, waldorf

Miracles in Community: From Saint John’s Church to Joppa

October 25, 2018 By Sara Irwin 1 Comment

There is a quilting group at my church that has been meeting every week for almost 60 years, working off of donations from cleaned out linen […]

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: Acts of the Apostles, community, Lesser Feasts and Fasts, quilt, tabitha, women

Seeking Sabbath: Crankiness and Delight

October 13, 2017 By Kate Rademacher 2 Comments

I want the big, beautiful challenge that comes with the discipline of setting aside a full 24-hours for rest.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: church, commandments, community, Sabbath

Shining light in dark places: when your teen mentions suicide

August 23, 2017 By Miriam McKenney 11 Comments

By sharing in our brokenness, we find healing. We find God.

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Filed Under: Health, Parenting Tagged With: Broken, community, Family, Forward Movement, God, mental health, Ryan Casey Waller, suicide, teenagers, teens

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

Coming home while on the road: my summer faith community

July 27, 2017 By Miriam McKenney 2 Comments

This week, the annual business meeting and conference of The Union of Black Episcopalians is taking place in New Jersey. I can’t help but reflect on my past years attending UBE as a child and teenager. I waited for it all year.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: community, faith community, Family, friendship, summer, UBE, Union of Black Episcopalians

Day 10: Comfort One Another

January 3, 2017 By Mary Ann Frishman Leave a Comment

Offering comfort to one another in difficulties mirrors the love God has for us.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: 12 days, Beatitudes, Blessing, comfort, community, Jesus, kindness, Neighbors

The reign of Christ upsets our divisions.

November 20, 2016 By Marcus Halley Leave a Comment

In Christ’s kingdom true power is found in humility and service, not ostentatious shows of strength and prestige.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: Christ the King, community, discipleship, Family, parenting, reconciliation, reign of God, spiritual discipline

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