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Faith And Reason: Entering St. Bartholomew’s Stories

August 24, 2023 By Bird Treacy Leave a Comment

The first Episcopal Church I ever attended regularly—and the church that changed my entire course of my life—was St. Bartholomew’s in Atlanta, GA.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: Feast Days, Godly Play, St. Bartholomew

The Lenten Journey at Saint Michael’s

March 16, 2023 By Susan Caldwell Leave a Comment

The season of Lent is a gently shifting lens at Saint Michael’s.

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Filed Under: Lent Tagged With: Children in church, formation, Forward Movement, Godly Play, Lent, Lent Madness, teenagers, young children, youth ministry

Prioritizing Lent

March 7, 2023 By Christian Simmers Leave a Comment

As our daughters grow, we have engaged in many conversations around our family values.

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Filed Under: Lent, Parenting Tagged With: Ash Wednesday, Godly Play, Lent, parenting, teenagers

In Search of Renewal: Remembering Emily Malbone Morgan

February 25, 2023 By Bird Treacy Leave a Comment

When I was young, my grandmother hinted that maybe I would be the first person in our family to be ordained.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: Godly Play, lay ministry, priesthood, saints

Just Like The Movies: The Many Stories of Nicholas, Bishop of Myra

December 6, 2022 By Bird Treacy Leave a Comment

One of the other wonderful things about having so many ways to tell a story is that we can think creatively about how to share them in  our own families and communities.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: Godly Play, movie, saints, St. Nicholas

Not that Kind of King

November 20, 2022 By Bird Treacy Leave a Comment

We’re almost there: the ending of the season after Pentecost which is also the beginning of Advent and a new Church Year. But, as we move into this final Green Growing Sunday, we also encounter a potential stumbling block.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: Christ the King, Godly Play, Wiggles & Wonder

I Almost Missed the Wonderment and the Magnificent!

October 11, 2022 By Susan Caldwell Leave a Comment

Hurrying around the parish campus, trying to get ready for our patron feast, Saint Michael’s Day, I would have easily missed something wonderful!

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Godly Play, imagination, nature, patron saints, St. Michael, wonder

Co-Creating A Christian Life: Dispatches from the Wild Goose Festival

August 3, 2022 By Bird Treacy Leave a Comment

The simplest way I can describe Wild Goose is a progressive Christian festival, an ecumenical experience that can house exvangelicals on deconstruction journeys alongside various mainstream protestants, Catholics, Quakers, and the unaffiliated.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: Godly Play, summer, Wild Goose

The Prodigal Son & The Disney Princess

March 27, 2022 By Bird Treacy Leave a Comment

When we read Bible stories, we always want to cast ourselves as favorably as possible. Sure, we might not be the Forgiving Father – that’s clearly Jesus casting himself in his story, right? – but we could at least be the forgiven son. Except we usually aren’t.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: Disney, Godly Play, lectionary, parable, Wiggles & Wonder

How do you talk to your young children about war?

February 27, 2022 By Lydia Bucklin Leave a Comment

I cannot fix this world for my sweet babies, but I can make sure they know their own place in working for peace.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: children, Godly Play, peace, War

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