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Teaching the Lord’s Prayer

February 7, 2019 By Jerusalem Jackson Greer 2 Comments

A while ago I was looking for a gift to give at church for children’s baptisms or to new parents, when I stumbled upon these jumbo prayer beads, perfect for little hands. Wanting to connect the beads to a practice of prayer, I devised a little method of traveling the beads while praying The Lord’s Prayer, connecting each bead to a portion of the prayer, in the hopes that this tactile practice would help the children both memorize and internalize the prayer that Christ taught us all to pray.

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Filed Under: Prayer, Spiritual Practices Tagged With: Lords Prayer, Prayer, spiritual practice

Save Us From the Time of Trial

September 11, 2018 By Desi Allevato 8 Comments

During Lent this year, our church decided to start using the “modern” version of the Lord’s Prayer.  I think it was to help keep us […]

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I’m an Episcopalian, and I homeschool. (Year One: almost complete!)

May 13, 2017 By Heather Sleightholm 28 Comments

This year we began homeschooling – and realized how seamlessly we could integrate faith.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: choir, church, homeschool, Lords Prayer, Nicene Creed, Sunday School

Learning (with Children) How to Pray

April 12, 2017 By Rachel Jones 3 Comments

I taught my chapel kids the Lord’s Prayer. They taught me that I am still and always learning prayer.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: Holy Week, Jesus, Lords Prayer, Prayer, young children

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

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