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Of Prophets and Pandemic

November 19, 2020 By Anne Warner Leave a Comment

The kids have grown but the washing machine has not. Loads fill more quickly than in the days before hormone body odors kicked in.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: coronavirus, death, grief, prophet, standing rock

Resilience, Grit, and the Feast of the Holy Cross

September 14, 2020 By Ben Day 1 Comment

We have sterilized the cross. What began as a device of torture and execution now adorns bejeweled necklines, book jackets marketing to Christians, and all manner of art and decor.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: death, Feast Days, Holy Cross Day, Jesus Christ, pain, Passion

Joseph of Arimathea: A Man of Courage and Legend

August 1, 2020 By Emily Watkins 1 Comment

August 1st is the day the church remembers Joseph of Arimathea. He is mentioned in all four gospels, but they only tell of one deed.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: cloud of witnesses, cross, death, tomb

A season of loss

July 6, 2020 By Allison Sandlin Liles 2 Comments

It’s been a month of loss in our house.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: coronavirus, death, failure, grief, parenting

The Evolution of Our Family’s Ash Wednesday Observance

February 26, 2020 By Desi Allevato 1 Comment

My very first Ash Wednesday as a baptized member of the Episcopal Church was February 13, 2013. My husband was at home that evening with our infant son, John Paul, and I was at church alone. I

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Filed Under: Lent Tagged With: Ash Wednesday, Children in church, death, grandparents, Lent, parenting, young adults

Celebrating our Saints on All Souls Day

November 2, 2019 By Dorian Del Priore Leave a Comment

My uncle Angelo died a year ago on the Feast of All Saints. He was a young 70, and even though he had some health issues and accidents over the years, it was still very unexpected.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Saints Tagged With: all souls, Bible Study, Commemoration of All Faithful Departed, death, Feast Days

Protecting or Preparing our Children for Pain

August 29, 2019 By Allison Sandlin Liles 7 Comments

Last week as the kids and I arrived at Operation Kindness animal shelter for our weekly hour of volunteer work, I noticed Big Sugar was in a room off the front lobby. Big Sugar is one of our favorite dogs at the shelter.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: children, death, dog, grief, pain, parenting, resurrection

Summer of Angst

July 27, 2019 By Emily Rutledge 7 Comments

This summer my family is experiencing a whole lot of angst. Small scale going to kindergarten angst and large scale my mother is on her deathbed angst.

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Filed Under: Discipleship, Parenting Tagged With: adult child, death, dementia, parenting, water

Jesus with Gray Hair

May 12, 2019 By Mary Lee Wile 3 Comments

Jesus with gray hair? That’s not an image I’d ever imagined, not until my six-year-old granddaughter created one.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: coloring, death, grandchildren, grandparenting, Jesus

Staying in the weighty matters of death on Good Friday

April 19, 2019 By Ben Day 1 Comment

On Palm Sunday, during the reading of the passion gospel, my three and a half year old learned that Jesus died. On the one hand, I was swelling with parental pride for his calm attentiveness and understanding of the story. But on the other hand, I was worried about how this new information would begin processing in his young mind. 

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Filed Under: Lent, Liturgical Year, Parenting Tagged With: death, Good Friday, parenting, resurrection, young children

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