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Preaching the Word, Teaching Inclusion

March 23, 2023 By Bird Treacy Leave a Comment

Last week, as priests and pastors and children’s ministers and people of all stripes working in churches attempted to make sense of the miraculous healing at the heart of the lectionary, some extremely important questions came up.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Bible, disability, healing, lectionary, Wiggles & Wonder

Not that Kind of King

November 20, 2022 By Bird Treacy Leave a Comment

We’re almost there: the ending of the season after Pentecost which is also the beginning of Advent and a new Church Year. But, as we move into this final Green Growing Sunday, we also encounter a potential stumbling block.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: Christ the King, Godly Play, Wiggles & Wonder

The Prodigal Son & The Disney Princess

March 27, 2022 By Bird Treacy Leave a Comment

When we read Bible stories, we always want to cast ourselves as favorably as possible. Sure, we might not be the Forgiving Father – that’s clearly Jesus casting himself in his story, right? – but we could at least be the forgiven son. Except we usually aren’t.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: Disney, Godly Play, lectionary, parable, Wiggles & Wonder

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