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Saint Patrick and Marking One Year

March 17, 2021 By Meaghan Brower 3 Comments

I live in Newport, Rhode Island where there is a small but mighty Irish population that has been celebrating Saint Patrick’s Day with vigor for 65 years.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: coronavirus, Family, Feast Days, Music, Patrick

Zoom: Where the Sacred Meets the Secular

March 15, 2021 By Susan Caldwell Leave a Comment

Little did I know that Zoom was soon to be a household word. The world around us changed quickly, so I adjusted my ministry as the Director of Christian Education.  

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Filed Under: Discipleship, Liturgical Year Tagged With: Christian formation, coronavirus, e-formation, Godly Play, vacation bible school, Zoom meeting

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

Hope is still there

February 26, 2021 By Cara Meredith Leave a Comment

This year, Ash Wednesday looked like parking in a 12-minute spot on the corner of Bay and Montecito and walking up to the front step of our church building.

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Filed Under: Lent, Liturgical Year Tagged With: Ash Wednesday, coronavirus, COVID-19, hope, Lent

An Optimistic Lent

February 19, 2021 By Christian Simmers 2 Comments

With each new day, the weight of the world seems to rest on our shoulders. There is new hope, but with it comes fresh exhaustion.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Parenting, Spiritual Practices Tagged With: coronavirus, hope, Lent

Keeping Family Close

January 23, 2021 By Stephanie Snyder Leave a Comment

The Coronavirus pandemic has changed my life and my family’s life since February 2020. The last time I was in a social gathering was at my baby shower in late February.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: coronavirus, Family, traditions

Outward and Visible Signs of Friendship

January 12, 2021 By Erin Jean Warde 1 Comment

Saint Aelred of Rievaulx is known for his work on spiritual friendship. What a time to be confronted with the idea of spiritual friendship, when friendship might feel like the furthest-away love we are feeling.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: cloud of witnesses, coronavirus, friendship

Hoping for an Enlargement of Vision

January 9, 2021 By Sara Irwin Leave a Comment

Stretching the confines of what was possible for women’s leadership, Julia Chester Emery’s work changed the church and the world in her decades long ministry.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: cloud of witnesses, coronavirus, The Episcopal Church, United Thank Offering

Christmas Isn’t Canceled

December 31, 2020 By Matthew Chen 1 Comment

Christmas isn’t canceled. The New Year is coming, fresh and frosty.

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Filed Under: Health Tagged With: Advent, Christmas, coronavirus, hope

Tradition is Life

December 28, 2020 By Sarah Carr Leave a Comment

“Oh! There are gifts on the mantel!” She says as she drops her backpack and coat on the way in from school.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Parenting Tagged With: Advent, coronavirus, Family, rest, tradition

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