Last year the Lilly Endowment awarded Virginia Theological Seminary a generous grant to launch a new initiative called Faith-filled Families: Christian Practices for Abundant Parenting. […]
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 before having to explain the […]
Slowing Down for Advent with Young Children
The weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas, in our modern world, are a source of delighted excitement, building anxiety, and abject stress for so many families.
Picking Our Battles as Parents
There are times in each one of our lives when we must choose between holding tightly to our convictions or loosen our grip on them.
Cultivating Holy Space
Space. It felt as if I never had enough.
The Lenten Journey at Saint Michael’s
The season of Lent is a gently shifting lens at Saint Michael’s.
Praying Compline with children during this summer of disruption, violence, and injustice
It’s 9 pm on a Tuesday evening, and my 9 and 11 year old boys have just finished their second full day of Camp Mama.
An Eastertide Word of the Day
Well, I feel like I need to come clean: I failed.
Family Morning Prayer with Young Children
Worshiping with kids under 5 has never been easy…and during the pandemic it is even more difficult.
New Directions for Holy Questions: Progressive Christian Theology for Families
I find myself searching for a theology resource I could feel comfortable with, not just in content but in approach.