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Building a foundation for generosity

March 19, 2023 By Elizabeth Bentrup Leave a Comment

Why not give more?

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Filed Under: Parenting, Saints Tagged With: generosity, Holy Family, parenting, St. Joseph

How an Epidemic Changed Saint Nicholas

December 6, 2020 By Meaghan Brower 4 Comments

If I were writing this last year I don’t even think I would have paid any attention to this part of Nicholas’ story. I’m not sure the word would have registered in my brain. But this year? Hearing of a young boy losing both his parents to an uncontrolled illness was hard to ignore.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Parenting Tagged With: Advent, Christmas, Feast Days, generosity, kindness, St. Nicholas, St. Nicholas Center

Celebrating Saint Brigid, a woman of fiery faith

February 1, 2019 By Heather Sleightholm 1 Comment

I first learned of Brigid a few years ago while researching Ireland, and discovered that Brigid was another much beloved patron saint of the country, alongside Saint Patrick. I

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: art, brigid, generosity, ireland, Lesser Feasts and Fasts, patron saints, poor, saints

Thank you for being normal: letting children lead us

July 11, 2018 By Miriam McKenney 4 Comments

Forward Movement staff encounter a moment of radical kindness in the streets of Austin, Texas during General Convention – from a teenager.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: Bible, children, coffee, generosity, homeless, kids, teenagers, teens

Joyful and Ambivalent: Gift-Giving at Christmastime

December 15, 2017 By Sara Irwin 1 Comment

I want to give my children gifts, but I don’t want them to confuse the fun of getting stuff with real joy.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: Christmas, generosity, gifts, gratitude

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