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Lenten Swim Class

April 8, 2019 By Kit Lonergan 8 Comments

I don’t like doing things badly. I don’t like doing things badly in front of other people. I really don’t like doing things badly with a bathing suit on in front of other people. This was the set of parameters I had to work with for my Annual Discernment of Kit’s Lenten Practice this year.

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Filed Under: Lent, Parenting Tagged With: discipline, imperfection, Lent, tantrum, water

Embracing an Imperfect Observation of Advent

December 8, 2018 By Tina Clark 1 Comment

There is so much I hoped to do during this Advent, for my own kids, for the children and families in my ministry, and yes, for myself. And as always, come Christmas morning, some of it will have to be put away with vague hopes and promises of next year

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: Advent, imperfection, St. Nicholas, teenagers, teens at church

I’m Not the Only Imperfect Parent

May 6, 2017 By Nurya Love Parish 1 Comment

Ruth Scott’s new book shares her imperfections and helps me recognize my own. Also: that’s a good thing.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: Forward Movement, imperfection, Ruth Scott

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