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Parenting Well in a World Gone Wrong – in Charlottesville and Beyond

Rachel Jones / August 16, 2017

We live in a world gone sideways. And it’s been that way since the day we walked out of Eden.

We want to know scripture, and we want our children to know scripture. Here are some ways to begin.

I read my boys the Bible every morning during their growing-up years. I’m glad I did.

Your screaming toddler just might save your soul.

Mary Magdalene proclaimed to the Apostles and to the world the work of the risen Christ in her life.

My daughter would start with the memorized prayer, then go “off script” and talk to God. She learned to pray.

Concentrated time with Jesus and a faithful, beloved community such as the ones formed at camp are important for all of us.

I’m an Episcopal Youth Event parent. It matters that I stop, hear my daughter’s story – and listen for what God has done in it.

My daughter is learning to trust her sense of herself and her vocation. So am I.

Sacrificial love is an embodied faith lived for the benefit of other people.