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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

Preach the truth as if you had a million voices

April 29, 2021 By Tina Clark 4 Comments

In a short life of 33 years, Saint Catherine of Siena never seems to have wasted a moment.

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Filed Under: Parenting, Saints Tagged With: Black Lives Matter, Catherine Meeks, coronavirus, Godly Play, mystic, parenting, Presiding Bishop Curry

Zoom: Where the Sacred Meets the Secular

March 15, 2021 By Susan Caldwell Leave a Comment

Little did I know that Zoom was soon to be a household word. The world around us changed quickly, so I adjusted my ministry as the Director of Christian Education.  

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Filed Under: Discipleship, Liturgical Year Tagged With: Christian formation, coronavirus, e-formation, Godly Play, vacation bible school, Zoom meeting

When Nia and I were children: watching my girls grow up

August 8, 2018 By Miriam McKenney 4 Comments

When your children realize that they’re adults, it puts a whole new spin on the phrase “life comes at you fast.” Miriam McKenney wonders whether or not her kids’ faith lives are enough to equip them for adulthood.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: adult children, childhood, children, college, doubt, God, Godly Play, leaving home, returning home, teenagers, teens

Stories of God at Home: A Godly Play Approach

July 6, 2018 By Emily Watkins 1 Comment

Over a decade ago, while in seminary I began researching children’s spirituality. I read whatever I could and looked at (and tried) lots of things, […]

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Filed Under: Discipleship, Liturgical Year, Parenting Tagged With: Christian formation, Godly Play

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