Loving, Belonging & Connecting at Summer Camp
Editor’s Note: I attended my diocesan camp as a young child, rediscovered God’s presence in my life at that camp as
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A Good Friday – Even for the Family
Good Friday displays how God in Christ relates to humans in and through suffering.
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I’m thinking about toy guns with wisdom from the book of Numbers.
I want to be enough of a roadblock to convince them to think a little more deeply.
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The Struggle of the 21st Century – Dungeons, Dragons & Disciples – Part 4
This is the struggle of our time: disconnecting our children from devices and connecting them with the embrace of a loving, Christian community.
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Family Game Night: A Real Social Network – Dungeons, Dragons & Disciples – Part 3
Teens played cards with retirees. Families sat together. Singles were welcomed to the table and made comfortable.
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Jesus Saves & Takes Half Damage – Dungeons, Dragons & Disciples – Part 2
When Jesus enters the world of knights and gnomes, something magical happens.
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Wanna play make believe? Dungeons, Dragons & Disciples – Part 1
In the next few posts, I’ll help you use your family time, or after school time, or weekend time to train 21st century heroes.
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Epiphany revelations from the Old Testament
Epiphany offers us a chance to remember that Jesus was a king, but not the king people thought he would be. He was a baby, a child of God, and his life promised that we, too, would all be children of God. The prophets foretold him, God revealed him, the Three Kings honored him, and we adore him.
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Liturgical Year, Spiritual Practices
My youth group is reading Exodus. They not-so-secretly like it.
A few weeks ago, my youth group joined Southern Ohio’s Diocesan Big Read, where we all read Exodus in community. What would my youth group think of my plan to have Bible study each week? Would extra snacks help? Here’s what happened.
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Tonight I pick up my daughter from the Episcopal Youth Event. Then what?
I’m an Episcopal Youth Event parent. It matters that I stop, hear my daughter’s story – and listen for what God has done in it.
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