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Lace Tablecloths and Terrifying Bibles 

April 22, 2020 By Meredith Baker 2 Comments

A formerly homeschooled kid myself, I never felt the desire to homeschool my own children.

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Filed Under: Discipleship, Parenting, Spiritual Practices Tagged With: Bible, Christian formation, coronavirus, Faith @ Home, faith at home, parenting

Maundy Thursday: The At Home Edition

April 9, 2020 By Meaghan Brower 4 Comments

As this article is being written, I am on the 20th day being home with my husband, two small children, and my mother.

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Filed Under: Lent, Liturgical Year Tagged With: coronavirus, faith at home, foot washing, Maundy Thursday, young children

Being Church at Home

March 31, 2020 By Matthew Chen Leave a Comment

A recent, widely shared tweet says, “Honestly, I hadn’t planned on giving up quite this much for Lent.”

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Children in church, coronavirus, faith at home, hymns, Romans

Three Teaching Points for Lent

April 5, 2019 By Sarah Bentley Allred 2 Comments

Lent is upon us, the forty days set aside to prepare to celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus.

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Filed Under: Lent, Liturgical Year Tagged With: Building Faith, children, faith at home, fasting, Jesus, Lent, Prayer

Where Did You Find Jesus Today?

February 12, 2019 By Christian Simmers 2 Comments

Despite my best attempts, we struggle committing to a formal Christian education time or daily devotion in our house of chaos. I couldn’t quite put my finger on exactly why, but it was likely the four busy, beautiful daughters I call my own.

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Filed Under: Parenting, Prayer, Spiritual Practices Tagged With: faith at home, Jesus, parenting, Prayer

Prayer Sticks: A Holy Home Activity

August 17, 2018 By Kate Huston Leave a Comment

Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared on Building Faith, a ministry of Virginia Theological Seminary, and I felt it was a valuable prayer resource for […]

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Filed Under: Prayer Tagged With: Building Faith, children, faith at home, Prayer

Three Keys to Living the Liturgical Year at Home (without overwhelm)

December 14, 2017 By Emily Watkins 2 Comments

The key to expanding our traditions and journeying joyfully into the church year is three fold – flexibility, simplicity and repeatability.

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Filed Under: Discipleship, Liturgical Year Tagged With: children, faith at home, liturgical year, saints, seasons, young children

Another liturgical year is coming to an end. It’s time to reflect and give thanks.

November 14, 2017 By Emily Watkins 1 Comment

Advent is the beginning of church year, which means late November is the end: a good time to focus on the past year’s gifts.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: faith at home, gratitude, liturgical year, Thanksgiving

Faith at Home: Planning Ahead for October

September 23, 2017 By Nurya Love Parish Leave a Comment

Observing feasts and seasons reminds us about what truly matters as we practice faith at home.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: faith at home, October, recipes, St. Francis, St. James of Jerusalem, St. Jude, St. Simon

My children are hearing the Bible in worship, camp and Sunday School. It all counts!

August 21, 2017 By Carrie Willard Leave a Comment

All of the snippets of scripture that we hear in worship and sing in hymns “count” in my children’s Christian education.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: Bible, Book of Common Prayer, children, Children in church, Evening Prayer, faith at home, faith formation, hymns, lectionary, Music, parenting

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