The Uncertainty This Ordinary Time
The other day, my son John Paul and I were looking through some of his work from last school year (perhaps to take our minds off the realities of virtual 2nd grade). He pulled out a paper and showed it to me.
Holding on to Promises
Our almost-8-year-old son is attending two weeks of day camp right now, in the middle of July, hopefully before the second wave of covid-19 crashes into our area of central Virginia.
The Evolution of Our Family’s Ash Wednesday Observance
My very first Ash Wednesday as a baptized member of the Episcopal Church was February 13, 2013. My husband was at home that evening with our infant son, John Paul, and I was at church alone. I
Breaking Down Barriers at Church
Families can participate in the life of the church through different, and sometimes unexpected, ways.
A Joyful Noise?
The banging of little metal cars against each other with the sounds of crashes made by young mouths. The shuffle of paper and the clack, clack, clack of a pile of markers being dumped out. An angry squeal by a younger sibling to ‘give it back!’
Praying in Song
I have a confession to make: We do not pray at home, as a family, with any regularity. There, I said it.
Waiting Through Uncertainty
In the church year, Advent is a season of waiting. It’s a season when we are all encouraged to slow down and exercise our patience muscles in anticipation of the birth of our Savior.
Will You Let Me Be Your Servant?
It can be very difficult to invite others into the messy, private worlds we inhabit with our immediate families, and
Save Us From the Time of Trial
During Lent this year, our church decided to start using the “modern” version of the Lord’s Prayer. I think it
