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Creating a Practical Response to the Bread Gospel

August 19, 2018 By Allison Sandlin Liles 2 Comments

Today is the fourth Sunday in a row we’ve heard about bread in church. I am the bread of life, he says, whoever comes to me […]

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Parenting Tagged With: bread, food, gospel

Cooked with Love: A Legacy of Thanksgiving Traditions

November 15, 2017 By Miriam McKenney Leave a Comment

Mom cooked a huge Thanksgiving meal each year – and I never got why. Until, that is, we had to celebrate Thanksgiving without her.

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Filed Under: Parenting, Spiritual Practices Tagged With: Bible, Exodus, Family, food, love, Prayer, teens, thankfulness, Thanksgiving

Celebrate Holy Cross Day, an ancient feast

September 14, 2017 By Allison Sandlin Liles 4 Comments

Imagine an annual spring tradition in which you plant basil seeds in an herb garden while retelling the story of Helena digging up her own basil and finding Jesus’ cross.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: cross, Family, family dinner, food, Holy Cross Day, Jesus, St. Helena

My daughters are learning to pray–beginning with Grace.

July 20, 2017 By Melody Wilson Shobe 4 Comments

My daughter would start with the memorized prayer, then go “off script” and talk to God. She learned to pray.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: children, Family, food, grace, meals, parenting, Prayer

Eating in Place (in a midwestern winter)

January 24, 2017 By Nadia Stefko 2 Comments

Eating in place cares for our community and climate. But it’s tricky when the ground is blanketed by snow.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: All Creation Waits, climate change, eating in place, farm, food, watershed discipleship

What does it mean to keep the feast?

December 19, 2016 By Nadia Stefko Leave a Comment

Feasting is not the same as gluttony. In fact, thoughtful, Christian feasting is in many ways gluttony’s opposite.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: Advent, Christmas, feast, food, Holy Eucharist, Thanksgiving

I give thanks to God for Plainsong Farm.

November 24, 2016 By Nurya Love Parish 4 Comments

It didn’t exist a year ago. But today, it is a real ministry just beginning to bear fruit.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: discipleship, food, garden, grace, gratitude, Plainsong Farm, Prayer, Thanksgiving

Why We Say Grace

November 22, 2016 By Nadia Stefko 2 Comments

It is by God’s hand, not our own doing, that we are all continually fed.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: food, garden, grace, Lords Prayer, Prayer

Our family’s food choices matter because of our faith.

October 14, 2016 By Nadia Stefko Leave a Comment

Not long ago, I was a farmer. These days, it seems like a victory just to get dinner on the table.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: Bible, food, gardening, Holy Eucharist, land

My parents taught me to give 10% back to God. Here’s how it worked.

October 12, 2016 By Rachel Jones 3 Comments

Making my offering became a very holy, personal thing to me.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: food, giving, money, stewardship, tithe

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