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Trusting That Our Lives Have Meaning

January 24, 2019 By Melissa Wilcox 3 Comments

Bedtime is always a time of revelation and sometimes self-revelation in our household, particularly with our youngest child who is eight-years-old. We have noticed since Thanksgiving that he has been easily frustrated, trying out unsavory words on his older brother, and bursting into tears quite regularly.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: anglican communion, bedtime, Florence Li Tim-Oi, Holy Spirit, meaning of life, saints, violence

Responding to Hate by Being Together

October 30, 2018 By Sara Irwin 2 Comments

“What do you remember about last night?” “Just being cold and wet.” I was talking with my nine-year-old daughter while we walked to school about […]

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Filed Under: Parenting, Uncategorized Tagged With: hate, parenting, violence

Dr. Ford, Judge Kavanaugh, and Talking to the Children We Love

September 28, 2018 By admin 1 Comment

Editor’s Note: There is a sexual assault content warning for the following post. It was written yesterday in response to the testimony and questioning on […]

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Filed Under: Discipleship, Parenting Tagged With: abuse, baptismal covenant, children, Family, politics, sexual harassment, social media, teenagers, violence

Talking to Kids about Gun Violence

May 18, 2018 By Allison Sandlin Liles 2 Comments

It’s happened. Again. We knew that it would, but it still shocks us. This time it was a high school in Santa Fe, Texas. While […]

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: guns, parenting, violence

It’s Christ’s World, Not Harvey Weinstein’s

October 21, 2017 By Sara Irwin 3 Comments

Bodies are whole and holy; both our own and those of others are to be treasured and respected.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: children, discipleship, Family, incarnation, parenting, reconciliation, sexual harassment, violence

After the Holidays (with unchurched grandkids)

January 11, 2017 By Mary Lee Wile 10 Comments

Our four-year-old granddaughter enjoyed retelling the Christmas story. So did I – until it took an unexpected turn.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: Christmas, discipleship, Epiphany, evangelism, grandparenting, grandparents, guns, violence

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