Parenting in the Wilderness this Lent
I remember the jokes that weren’t entirely joking as we entered Lent in 2021…wait, hasn’t the last year been a […]
I remember the jokes that weren’t entirely joking as we entered Lent in 2021…wait, hasn’t the last year been a […]
Our children, soon-to-be youth, have important ideas and understandings of the world, their place in it, and their relationship with the Creator to share with us. Are we as the church listening?
When my boys were young, the wisdom of parents who’d already ‘been there, done that,’ was beyond valuable to me.
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.
Our churches can, and must, be spaces where children are seen, heard, known, and loved for exactly who they are.
The Samaritan woman, whom the orthodox church names Saint Photini, carries a burden of shame along with her water jar as she walks the through heat and dust.
Summer in youth ministry is filled with opportunities that arise with the relaxation of schedules and routines.
As part of the One Thousand Days of Love campaign, Episcopal Relief & Development is offering a simple way for churches and parents to think beyond candy and stickers by adding some empathy and gratitude to this year’s Easter egg hunts.
Today we celebrate the Feast of the Annunciation, the moment when God sends an angel to a young, unknown, unimportant Jewish woman to announce that she will bear the Savior.