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A New Season and a New Reality

May 11, 2022 By Victoria Hoppes 1 Comment

Are you noticing just how different the world is around you?

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Filed Under: Easter Tagged With: celebrate, Christian formation, coronavirus, teachers

Every Last Thing is a Season

April 17, 2022 By Emily Rutledge 2 Comments

This Easter I am practicing resurrection. I am practicing hope. I am practicing knowing that no matter how bad it gets there is redemption, even after death.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Uncategorized Tagged With: coronavirus, Easter, resurrection, seasons

The Parable of the Good Parent

March 25, 2022 By Tina Clark Leave a Comment

Today we celebrate the Feast of the Annunciation, the moment when God sends an angel to a young, unknown, unimportant Jewish woman to announce that she will bear the Savior.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: Annunciation, Blessed Virgin Mary, coronavirus, Jesus Christ, parable, parenting

Tired and thirsty in another pandemic winter

February 26, 2022 By Sara Irwin 1 Comment

I meet Photine in her slumped shoulders.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: coronavirus, Lesser Feasts and Fasts, The Gospel of John

Fostering Faith Formation at Home during Lent

February 25, 2022 By Victoria Hoppes 1 Comment

The complete list of activities and supplies included with our church’s Lent at Home kit.

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Filed Under: Lent, Prayer Tagged With: Christian formation, coronavirus, faith at home, Illustrated Children's Ministry, Lent, Prayer, Traci Smith

Hallowing the Change

February 23, 2022 By Kit Lonergan 3 Comments

Our son’s first tooth fell out this past week.

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Filed Under: Lent, Parenting Tagged With: change, coronavirus, Lent, parenting

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

The Good News as Luke Understood It

October 18, 2021 By Ann Benton Fraser Leave a Comment

The gospel lesson assigned for today’s Feast of Saint Luke the Evangelist has one of my favorite scripture moments.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: Bible, coronavirus, Feast Days, St. Luke

How the Pandemic Changed Us

October 6, 2021 By Allison Sandlin Liles 3 Comments

What in our lives now is the same as it was pre-pandemic

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: coronavirus, love, social media

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

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