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Don’t Keep the Kids So Busy

July 7, 2022 By Lisa Witherspoon 2 Comments

Why do we need to keep the kids busy all summer? Aren’t they busy enough all during the school year? Don’t they deserve a little time to rest and relax, too?

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: rest, Sabbath, summer

Sabbath by Sprain

January 21, 2022 By Kit Lonergan Leave a Comment

I think it all happened because the eighteen-year-old boy behind the counter called me ma’am.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: humility, rest, Sabbath

Tradition is Life

December 28, 2020 By Sarah Carr Leave a Comment

“Oh! There are gifts on the mantel!” She says as she drops her backpack and coat on the way in from school.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Parenting Tagged With: Advent, coronavirus, Family, rest, tradition

The Way of Love in a Time of Wilderness

March 19, 2020 By Tina Clark 2 Comments

God provides many opportunities for families to explore the breadth and depth of our faith as we practice social distancing. Follow the Way of Love as we continue to practice faith at home in uncertain times.

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Filed Under: Parenting, Spiritual Practices, Way of Love Tagged With: bless, families, Go, God, home, Learn, pray, rest, social distancing, Turn, Way of Love, worship

Of letting someone else care and pray for you: an Ode to Emily Malbone Morgan

February 27, 2020 By Kit Lonergan 2 Comments

“My greatest desire,” Emily Malbone Morgan wrote, “has always been to make tired people rested and happy.”

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Filed Under: Saints, Spiritual Practices Tagged With: cloud of witnesses, friends, parenting, rest, retreat, sleep

Picture Books, The Way of Love, & Becoming Beloved Community

July 31, 2019 By Miriam McKenney 2 Comments

Picture books offer a way to explore The Way of Love and Becoming Beloved Community. Here’s a list that you can sort by practice to use for formation at home and in your faith communities.

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Filed Under: Spiritual Practices, Way of Love Tagged With: Becoming Beloved Community, bless, book list, children's books, children's literature, Go, Learn, picture books, pray, rest, Turn, Way of Love, worship

Pausing in the Open Space – and Giving Thanks

November 22, 2017 By Sara Irwin 1 Comment

I have taken a break from the myth of my own indispensability.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: gratitude, rest, Sabbath, Thanksgiving

Working on Not Working on the Sabbath

August 17, 2016 By Miriam McKenney 12 Comments

One of the fundamentals of our faith is that we believe God created the world. God created for six days, and on the seventh day, […]

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: Family, parenting, Prayer, rest, Sabbath, spiritual practice, work

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