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I Choir the Proper Praise

April 29, 2020 By Cara Meredith 2 Comments

Just after 7:30 this morning my younger son and I trekked out to the driveway in our slippers and pajamas, a box of sidewalk paint, a roll of masking paint, and my cup of coffee our only companions.  

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: art, children, coronavirus, Easter, parenting

The Tomb is Empty and We’re Still Home

April 27, 2020 By Emily Rutledge 11 Comments

We started this whole quarantine, isolation, homeschool, work from home thing almost a month ago in the middle of Lent. The me who loves rhythms of liturgical seasons could spiritually get behind the idea that we would spend Lent sacrificing for others.

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Filed Under: Easter Tagged With: coronavirus, Easter, Lent, resurrection, theology

Through a Glass, Darkly 

April 20, 2020 By Mary Lee Wile 6 Comments

I smile as the 4-year-old shows me Butterscotch, her much-loved bunny; Butterscotch proceeds to die two days later, and I cannot help or hold the child in her grief. 

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Filed Under: Easter Tagged With: coronavirus, Easter, grandchildren, grandparenting

As We Gathered Apart

April 18, 2020 By Laura Shaver 10 Comments

I was fairly certain Jesus would be present among our family of five on Easter morning.

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Filed Under: Easter Tagged With: coronavirus, cross, Easter, families

Keeping our community: spiritual connection and physical distance

April 15, 2020 By Miriam McKenney 2 Comments

What do we do when we can’t be together in person? Miriam shares how her youth group stays socially and spiritually connected while physically distant from one another.

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Filed Under: Easter, Health, Prayer Tagged With: connectoin, COVID-19, distance, Easter, God, Jesus, Prayer, social distancing, youth group, Zoom meeting

Easter is more than what happens inside red church doors

April 12, 2020 By Allison Sandlin Liles 8 Comments

This morning is different.

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Filed Under: Easter Tagged With: Easter, Jesus Christ, resurrection

Our Easter Best

April 28, 2019 By Meaghan Brower 2 Comments

Welp, I turned into a priest-mom-Easter-morning-psycho.I mean, Christ is Risen, right? Might as well go crazy on your family.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Parenting Tagged With: children, Children in church, communication, Easter, parenting, young children

Alleluia! Christ is Risen!

April 21, 2019 By Allison Sandlin Liles 2 Comments

This year I have two parental goals during Eastertide: Remember to teach the story of Easter and remember to celebrate Easter for its full fifty days.

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Filed Under: Easter, Parenting, Spiritual Practices Tagged With: Bible, Easter, Family, resurrection, seasons

Preparing Children for the Passion

April 11, 2019 By Melody Wilson Shobe Leave a Comment

It can be difficult for our children to the stories of Holy Week. Here are some tips for preparing children for the Passion.

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Filed Under: Lent, Liturgical Year Tagged With: Children in church, death, Easter, Good Friday, Holy Week, Maundy Thursday, Palm Sunday, Passion, resurrection

A Tale of Easters, Large and Small

April 26, 2018 By Rachel Jones 1 Comment

** Today’s post is brought to you by Ben Gildas.**   Easter is here. Did you miss it? I can tell you from first hand […]

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Parenting, Prayer Tagged With: Easter, Family, God, parenting, young children

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