Making Theology Playful: Teaching Big Truths to Little Hearts
“Why?” It’s a question I hear dozens of times a day from my toddler.Why does the moon follow us?Why did Jesus […]
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Theology for Four-Year-Olds
“But dad, Jesus is God’s son. So Jesus can’t be God, too!” I thought I’d get a longer grace period
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Explaining What We Believe
The priest, whose classmates had called him “the dumb ox” because of his huge stature and quiet demeanor, was Thomas Aquinas.
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Relational Theology: The Cornerstone of Our Ethos
Our love for God can only be manifested by our love for our neighbor.
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Spiritual Keys of Liberation
Today we celebrate the feast day of Saint Sam Shoemaker, Episcopal priest and deeply influential voice within the Alcoholics Anonymous community.
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Martyrs of the Sudans and Small Incarnations
When I was in high school, we moved to the Diocese of Southwestern Virginia, which had a long-term companion relationship with the Episcopal Church of Sudan.
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The Tomb is Empty and We’re Still Home
We started this whole quarantine, isolation, homeschool, work from home thing almost a month ago in the middle of Lent. The me who loves rhythms of liturgical seasons could spiritually get behind the idea that we would spend Lent sacrificing for others.
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The vast expanse of interstellar space
At the local library yesterday, my four-year-old granddaughter listened to stories about stars, and about how everything on earth – including the Earth itself — is made from the debris of exploding stars, known as supernovas.
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Liturgical Year, Parenting
Bringing Carols Home for Christmas… and Advent
One Advent, completely by accident, Christmas carols became part of the bedtime routine. And we were glad.
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St Mary the Virgin Offers Comfort, Challenge and Hope
I am moved by the willing courage of a young person saying yes to God’s adventure. And I’m grateful for Mary, still bearing God to us.
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