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Lifting up the lowly

May 31, 2022 By Mary Lee Wile 1 Comment

When I was a little girl, the closet in my bedroom had a back door. You pushed through clothes, unlatched a hook, and behind the door was a dark tunnel: a slanted crawl space that ran the length of the house.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Prayer Tagged With: Elizabeth, magnificat, Mary, Prayer, Visitation

Down in the gullies, you make springs to rise

May 17, 2022 By Cara Meredith Leave a Comment

Have you ever had one of those palm-to-forehead moments?

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Filed Under: Spiritual Practices Tagged With: Annunciation, confession, grace, Prayer

Continuing to Pray for Ukraine

March 11, 2022 By Lauren Kuratko 1 Comment

While I can’t control the war in the Ukraine, I can control my response to it.

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Filed Under: Prayer Tagged With: Prayer, War

Holding onto Hope in Another Pandemic Lent

March 2, 2022 By Allison Sandlin Liles Leave a Comment

As we enter into our third Lent of the pandemic, I’m grateful for the muscle memory and predictable patterns I have created for this season. T

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Prayer, Spiritual Practices Tagged With: Ash Wednesday, faith at home, Lent, Prayer, SALT, Traci Smith

Fostering Faith Formation at Home during Lent

February 25, 2022 By Victoria Hoppes 1 Comment

The complete list of activities and supplies included with our church’s Lent at Home kit.

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Filed Under: Lent, Prayer Tagged With: Christian formation, coronavirus, faith at home, Illustrated Children's Ministry, Lent, Prayer, Traci Smith

When the Distractions Become You

January 5, 2022 By Samantha Vincent-Alexander 2 Comments

These desert mothers were not escaping society as much as they were escaping themselves

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Filed Under: Prayer, Saints Tagged With: desert mother, Prayer, silence

Have you any Christmas cheer?

December 17, 2021 By Raymond Capo 3 Comments

I recently had a literal “come to Jesus” moment while saying goodbye to a fellow parishioner leaving our Sunday service.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: Advent, Christmas, incarnation, Prayer

The Armor of Light

December 9, 2021 By Christian Simmers 1 Comment

I typically welcome the shorter days that accompany the season of Advent. Less daylight should theoretically translate to fewer distractions and more snuggling on the couch, under fleece blankets with warm cups in hand.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: Advent, Advent wreath, Prayer, young adults, youth

Each and All Saints

November 1, 2021 By Ryan Kuratko 1 Comment

When we offer nighttime prayers at our house, we always include a section of ‘thank you, God’.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Prayer, Saints Tagged With: All Saints' Day, children, communion of saints, death, Feast Days, parenting, Prayer, saints

Teresa of Avila: Holding on to God

October 15, 2021 By Sara Irwin 1 Comment

There are a lot of great quotations attributed to people who are not responsible for them.

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Filed Under: Prayer, Saints Tagged With: mystic, Prayer, teresa of avila

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