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Thankfulness and Gratitude

November 26, 2020 By Allison Sandlin Liles Leave a Comment

Like everything else during coronatide, Thanksgiving is a day filled with tough choices.

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Filed Under: Parenting, Spiritual Practices Tagged With: Building Faith, coronavirus, gratitude, thankfulness, Thanksgiving

Sarah Josepha Buell Hale’s Unprecedented Gratitude

April 30, 2020 By Emily Gowdy Canady Leave a Comment

Our family likes to celebrate and decorate for just about every holiday.

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Filed Under: Parenting, Saints Tagged With: cloud of witnesses, coronavirus, godparents, gratitude, Holidays, poetry, Thanksgiving

Morning Prayers and Giving Thanks, Courtesy of Harry Potter

November 26, 2019 By Cara Meredith Leave a Comment

A couple of Saturdays ago, my oldest son and I trekked into the heart of San Francisco for a visit to one of the most iconic Episcopal churches, Grace Cathedral.

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Filed Under: Parenting, Prayer Tagged With: Grace Cathedral, Harry Potter, Prayer, Thanksgiving

Our Thank You Pumpkin

November 19, 2018 By Laura Shaver 6 Comments

Starting on November 1, we take turns writing one thing we are each thankful for in a black Sharpie marker on our pumpkin. This designated pumpkin sits in the center of our dinner table throughout the month of November. It always brings joy and quite a bit of laughter to hear what our boys are thinking about or to see what they quietly and sneakily write on the pumpkin.

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Filed Under: Parenting, Spiritual Practices Tagged With: fall, gratitude, Thanksgiving

This year, Christmas came early (but we were together).

December 20, 2017 By Benjamin Gildas 1 Comment

This will be the first Christmas in my life I did not spend with my daughter.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Parenting, Uncategorized Tagged With: Advent, blended family, children, Christmas, divorce, parenting, Thanksgiving

God shapes our lives in ways we can’t always understand. I give thanks.

November 23, 2017 By Rachel Jones 2 Comments

Every time I’ve allowed God to prune, uproot, and replant me, my actual wildest dreams and secret hopes have flowered and fruited in ways that were beyond my imaginings.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: discipleship, God, Thanksgiving

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

Giving thanks is no small thing. It requires a conversion of heart.

November 16, 2017 By Benjamin Gildas Leave a Comment

We want to give our children the world! So often what we end up giving them is continued complicity in the world’s model of desire and scarcity. Our faith teaches something better.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: children, Children in church, Family, gratitude, Holidays, Holy Eucharist, thankfulness, Thanksgiving, young children

Cooked with Love: A Legacy of Thanksgiving Traditions

November 15, 2017 By Miriam McKenney Leave a Comment

Mom cooked a huge Thanksgiving meal each year – and I never got why. Until, that is, we had to celebrate Thanksgiving without her.

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Filed Under: Parenting, Spiritual Practices Tagged With: Bible, Exodus, Family, food, love, Prayer, teens, thankfulness, Thanksgiving

Another liturgical year is coming to an end. It’s time to reflect and give thanks.

November 14, 2017 By Emily Watkins 1 Comment

Advent is the beginning of church year, which means late November is the end: a good time to focus on the past year’s gifts.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: faith at home, gratitude, liturgical year, Thanksgiving

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