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An Eastertide Word of the Day

May 3, 2022 By Caroline Rossini 2 Comments

Well, I feel like I need to come clean: I failed.

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Filed Under: Parenting, Spiritual Practices Tagged With: Bible, Easter, joy, Lent, love, young children

Your teeth are like a flock of ewes

February 14, 2022 By Allison Sandlin Liles Leave a Comment

It only took 40 years, but I finally realized that Valentine’s Day offers the opportunity to reflect on my love for the people nearest and dearest to me. 

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: love, marriage, poetry, Valentine's Day

Overcoming Prejudice with God’s Love

February 4, 2022 By Jamie Osborne 1 Comment

To remember Cornelius is to celebrate courage persevering through prejudice and how God’s love can overcome our blindness.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: Acts of the Apostles, baptism, cloud of witnesses, Cornelius, love, St. Peter

How the Pandemic Changed Us

October 6, 2021 By Allison Sandlin Liles 3 Comments

What in our lives now is the same as it was pre-pandemic

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: coronavirus, love, social media

Ten Thoughts for Younger Me

July 7, 2021 By Miriam McKenney 6 Comments

If you could talk to your younger self, what would you say? Miriam reflects on twenty-six years of being a parent as her youngest, a 2021 high school graduate, prepares to leave home.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: adult, adult children, college, daughters, empty nest, God, graduate, Jesus, love, mom, parenting, raising daughters, school, Spirit, transition

The Imprint

July 4, 2021 By Susan Caldwell 2 Comments

When I was growing up, my mother always purchased Revere Ware, which she said it was the best. The pots were made with sturdy stainless steel and finished with a copper bottom—a look that was always distinguishable on the stove top.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: discipleship, love

The Loving Vulnerability of the Visitation

May 31, 2021 By Lauren Kuratko 1 Comment

Today we celebrate the Visitation of Mary. The Visitation is when Mary, pregnant with Jesus, goes to visit her cousin Elizabeth, pregnant with John (the baptizer). I like to think about this holy friendship—this time of mutual support and love for each other.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Parenting Tagged With: coronavirus, friendship, love, motherhood, parenting, Visitation, vulnerability

Celebrating Lydia’s Goodwill Spirit of Curiosity

May 21, 2021 By Ann Benton Fraser Leave a Comment

Maybe it’s the pandemic talking, but the spicy chicken sandwich from Popeye’s is tears-to-the-eyes good. I tried it once and now I’ve had it…more than once.

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Filed Under: Saints, Way of Love Tagged With: baptism, coronavirus, love, saints, St. Paul, Way of Love

Maundy Thursday’s Call to Love

April 1, 2021 By Allison Sandlin Liles Leave a Comment

Do you remember observing Maundy Thursday at home last year? It felt like a quaint, one-time experience to share with our households, then years later share as a story with future generations of the family. Except of course, it wasn’t a one-time experience. We’re here again a year later with another Maundy Thursday at home.  

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Filed Under: Lent, Parenting Tagged With: foot washing, Jesus Christ, love, Maundy Thursday, The Gospel of John

God’s Grace & Love Can Never be Earned

February 9, 2021 By Kim Faasse Leave a Comment

I grew up in a “Christian” home with “Christian” parents. I put the word Christian in quotes because it was anything but Christian.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: grace, love, parenting

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