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Who empties the trash? Who is Saint Bartholomew? 

August 24, 2019 By Ben Day 3 Comments

We were standing in front of an overflowing trash can in the neighborhood “fast-food chicken” franchise. It took me a moment to register my son asking me the question. I’d been daydreaming and lost in thought. 

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: apostles, divorce, Feast Days, questions, saints, St. Bartholomew

God’s Love Actually

December 9, 2018 By Benjamin Gildas Leave a Comment

I know that it is the season of Advent, but Christmas is on my heart and mind. It’s hard to avoid, since, in the words of fictional rock-n-roll legend Billy Mack, “Christmas is all around.” Christmas is on tv, in stores, in our email boxes, and of course, we’re inundated with holiday musical classics.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: Advent, Christmas, divorce, God, incarnation, love, parenting

What is Jesus really saying about divorce?

October 5, 2018 By Ben Day 2 Comments

I am a priest. I am going through a divorce. Imagine my excitement level as I prepare to preach Sunday on Proper 22 in Year […]

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Filed Under: Discipleship, Parenting Tagged With: divorce, gospel, grace, Jesus

Post-divorce, what is reconciliation? This Lent, how can I be made new?

February 19, 2018 By Benjamin Gildas 3 Comments

Pain, time, and distance have created a wedge that may never be overcome. What does that mean for my ministry of reconciliation?

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: blended family, divorce, Lent, reconciliation

I was finished with marriage, but marriage wasn’t finished with me.

January 19, 2018 By Benjamin Gildas 1 Comment

Human beings break their promises. But God doesn’t break promises to us.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: children, covenant, discipleship, divorce, Family, forgiveness, marriage, wedding, young children

This year, Christmas came early (but we were together).

December 20, 2017 By Benjamin Gildas 1 Comment

This will be the first Christmas in my life I did not spend with my daughter.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Parenting, Uncategorized Tagged With: Advent, blended family, children, Christmas, divorce, parenting, Thanksgiving

Parenting for Faith from a Distance

October 3, 2017 By Benjamin Gildas 1 Comment

I know how it can be hard to separate co-parenting from the pain of divorce. But I also know God is still at work in my life.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: children, divorce, God, Jesus, parenting, Prayer, single parent, teenagers

Keeping the 12 Days – in a blended family and with grandkids

December 8, 2016 By Mary Lee Wile 4 Comments

Celebrating Christmas for all twelve days helped our family – first, after a divorce, and now, with our grandchildren.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: 12 days, Advent, Christmas, divorce, Epiphany, grandparenting

E Pluribus Unum – A United, Broken Family

October 25, 2016 By Raymond Capo Leave a Comment

Maybe faith is just this: to accept that we are loved, even in the brokenness.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: children, divorce, Holy Communion, parenting

Deep Faith at a Distance

June 30, 2016 By Benjamin Gildas 3 Comments

Now that my daughter has moved away with her mother, my methods for sharing faith have to change. My intentionality about doing so remains.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: bedtime, distance, divorce, saints

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