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An Eastertide Word of the Day

May 3, 2022 By Caroline Rossini 2 Comments

Well, I feel like I need to come clean: I failed.

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Filed Under: Parenting, Spiritual Practices Tagged With: Bible, Easter, joy, Lent, love, young children

Joseph of Arimathea at Easter

April 21, 2022 By Susan Caldwell 1 Comment

I listened to the retelling of the final chapters of the Gospel of John thinking about how special it is to hear a story told out loud, even when I’ve heard it many times before.

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Filed Under: Easter Tagged With: Children in church, courage, Easter

Reading with an Easter Lens

April 18, 2022 By Emily Watkins Leave a Comment

When approached to write a post with Easter books my first thought was, “Every truly good book is an Easter book.”

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Filed Under: Easter Tagged With: children's books, Easter, Easter basket

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

Building Empathy, Abundance, and Relationship this Eastertide

March 30, 2022 By Tina Clark Leave a Comment

As part of the One Thousand Days of Love campaign, Episcopal Relief & Development is offering a simple way for churches and parents to think beyond candy and stickers by adding some empathy and gratitude to this year’s Easter egg hunts.

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Filed Under: Easter, Parenting Tagged With: compassion, Easter, Easter basket, Episcopal Relief & Development

The Interlude before the Ascension

May 13, 2021 By Anne Warner 2 Comments

This year the Ascension just hits different (as the kids like to say). Our pandemic experience right now has parallels to how the disciples must have felt after the resurrection

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Filed Under: Easter, Liturgical Year Tagged With: Ascension, coronavirus, disciple, Easter, Jesus Christ

Easter in the Compost Bin

May 10, 2021 By Micha Boyett Leave a Comment

This Eastertide I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to live in the relentless goodness of Easter Sunday, not only on the day of Easter, but in all the fifty days that follow.

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Filed Under: Easter Tagged With: Easter, gardening, parenting

Taking Time to Receive the Good News

April 4, 2021 By Allison Sandlin Liles Leave a Comment

Mark’s account of the resurrection is absolutely perfect for children.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: Easter, feelings, Jesus Christ, Mark, resurrection, St. Mary Magdalene

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

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