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How James of Jerusalem Enhances My Faith

October 23, 2022 By Leyla King Leave a Comment

While his martyrdom is certainly dramatic, what is most interesting to me about James is the controversy surrounding his relationship to Jesus.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: Blessed Virgin Mary, Feast Days, Jesus, siblings, St. James of Jerusalem

Epiphany, Pregnancy, The Already, and the Not Yet

February 8, 2022 By Lindsay Barrett-Adler 3 Comments

Sandwiched between its higher status siblings Christmas and Lent, Epiphany sometimes feels like the middle child of liturgical seasons.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Parenting Tagged With: Epiphany, incarnation, siblings, waiting

Brotherly Love

January 28, 2022 By Laura Shaver 2 Comments

Over the past few months, our three sons have engaged in sibling fighting so much more so than ever before.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: Jesus, parenting, siblings

Sharing Space with Jesus and Making Room for Skepticism

October 23, 2021 By Emily Gowdy Canady Leave a Comment

What in the world it must have been like to be the oldest brother of Jesus?! Really, what would it be like to share space with a sibling who is the Son of God?

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Filed Under: Saints, Uncategorized Tagged With: doubt, Faith, Feast Days, Jesus, siblings, St. James of Jerusalem

The Evolving Life of James of Jerusalem

October 23, 2020 By Anne Warner 2 Comments

No, it isn’t just us in modern times—for siblings in the Bible, there’s usually drama.

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Macrina and Big Siblings in Faith

July 19, 2020 By Ryan Kuratko Leave a Comment

“Will you not put an end,” she asked, “to your failure to recognise the good things which come from God?” —The Life of Macrina by […]

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: cloud of witnesses, coronavirus, siblings

Leaping for Love

February 29, 2020 By Laura Shaver Leave a Comment

Our two older sons, ages 7 and 9, expressed some curiosity regarding Leap Year and this “extra day” it brings.  

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: kindness, love, parenting, siblings, St. Paul

Andrew the Apostle: Patron Saint of Younger Siblings

November 30, 2019 By Meaghan Brower 2 Comments

I am the oldest of three children in my family. My two sisters are my best friends, though for many years before I came to see them that way they were also my worst enemies.

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Filed Under: Saints, Uncategorized Tagged With: Feast Days, patron saints, saints, siblings, St. Andrew

Celebrating James of Jerusalem and the Power of Names

October 23, 2019 By Ann Benton Fraser Leave a Comment

There’s going to be a brother in our house. The two big sisters, upon learning we are expecting a boy, spent nearly five minutes in anguish before returning to delightful anticipation of Baby. 

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Filed Under: Parenting, Saints Tagged With: art, baby, Bible, children, Family, Feast Days, Jesus, saints, siblings, St. James of Jerusalem

I love you. Thank you.

September 27, 2019 By Sarah Carr 2 Comments

They sit in their carseats, next to one another holding hands. The palest caucasion skin of anyone in the family, enfolding the brown hand of his Hispanic little brother. “Are they both yours?” The woman meeting us for the first time asks. “Yes,” I reply, but she wants more. “How did you get that black haired one?” “Same way I got the blond haired one.”

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Filed Under: Parenting, Prayer Tagged With: foster parent, motherhood, parents, Prayer, siblings, young children

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