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Reaching for Light

April 4, 2022 By Meaghan Brower 3 Comments

It is still very, very cold in New England. 

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Filed Under: Lent Tagged With: Lent, spiritual practice, spring, winter

Getting Ready for the Year-End Sprint

November 9, 2017 By Rachel Jones Leave a Comment

This end-of-year sprint is familiar territory for all of us. And still, every year it rolls around and surprises us.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: Faith, fall, Family, garden, gardening, grace, gratitude, Holidays, St. Matthew, winter

My Lenten Discipline: Respecting Death

February 28, 2017 By Nadia Stefko 2 Comments

My hope is that–with one eye on my prayer book, and the other on the compost heap–I can come to respect the work death does for us… the life it enables to take root.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: Ash Wednesday, compost, death, Lent, repentance, spring, winter

Bringing kingdom metaphors to life (with seeds, scraps, and bread dough)

February 15, 2017 By Rachel Jones 2 Comments

Jesus talks about sowers planting seeds, of abundance out of scraps, about bread and wine and love. This turns out to be very practical wisdom.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: Bible, bread, Jesus, seeds, winter

Loving Creatures Great and Small for St. Francis Day

September 27, 2016 By Heather Sleightholm Leave a Comment

Caring for animals helps kids know they can improve the lives of creatures smaller and more vulnerable than they are.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: animals, bees, saints, St. Francis, water, winter

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