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Let your children fly

October 2, 2019 By Miriam McKenney Leave a Comment

Letting go of your children is tough. Miriam shares what happened when she let her daughter make her own way.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: adult child, adult children, church, Music, singing

Praying in Song

March 12, 2019 By Desi Allevato 4 Comments

I have a confession to make: We do not pray at home, as a family, with any regularity. There, I said it.

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Filed Under: Prayer Tagged With: hymns, Music, Prayer

Practicing Christmas

December 14, 2018 By Ryan Kuratko 3 Comments

When is it okay to start listening to Christmas music? This is not a trick question—I am not the worship police, but I am very aware that we Christians can be particularly judgy about music. For years, I, too, did not want to acknowledge Christmas music in Advent, not least because I love Advent and its hymns (“Comfort, Comfort Ye My People!”).

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: Advent, Christmas, hymns, Music

Telling the Story of God’s Promise through the O Antiphons

November 29, 2018 By Rachel Jones Leave a Comment

This song tells us a very important story, like most songs do. It comes from the heart of God’s people, from across thousands of years, and still means something holy and hopeful every single time we sing it. With titles and word pictures taken from the prophet Isaiah’s conversations about the Messiah, we see all the ways Jesus has come to reconcile the world to himself. Each verse reminds us of a different promise God has bought into being, has made come true, in the person of Jesus.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: Advent, Forward Movement, hymns, Music, Prayer

Poetry and the Good News Radio

June 4, 2018 By Meredith Baker 1 Comment

I’m alone. Nobody likes me. God must not care. I can’t trust anybody. I can’t do anything right. Life’s not fair. Have you heard your […]

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: children, Music

Help me up, this is my song

May 7, 2018 By Christian Simmers 4 Comments

Some of my first memories of our tiny country church are in the first pew, sitting right next to my great-grandmother. After raising my grandmother […]

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Filed Under: Parenting, Spiritual Practices, Uncategorized Tagged With: Children in church, Family, grandparenting, Music, young children

Bringing Carols Home for Christmas… and Advent

December 19, 2017 By Meredith Baker 4 Comments

One Advent, completely by accident, Christmas carols became part of the bedtime routine. And we were glad.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Parenting Tagged With: Advent, children, Christian formation, Christmas, Music, songs, theology, young children

You sent thousands of cards to encourage others. Take a next step for yourself.

October 10, 2017 By Rachel Jones 3 Comments

You’ve made me smile and cry and thank God for the goodness and love you’ve shown to so many people.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: Hurricane of Love 2017, Music

My children are hearing the Bible in worship, camp and Sunday School. It all counts!

August 21, 2017 By Carrie Willard Leave a Comment

All of the snippets of scripture that we hear in worship and sing in hymns “count” in my children’s Christian education.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: Bible, Book of Common Prayer, children, Children in church, Evening Prayer, faith at home, faith formation, hymns, lectionary, Music, parenting

Seven ways to observe Lent at home, with kids

March 9, 2017 By Nurya Love Parish 1 Comment

A roundup of ideas and resources to help you and your family go the distance this Lent.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: Busted Halo, Forward Movement, Illustrated Children's Ministry, Lent, Music, Prayer, pretzels, Traci Smith, Vibrant Faith at Home, YouTube

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