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Saint Joseph, Fatherhood, and Fitted Bedsheets

In March 2019, I first learned that I was going to be a father. In those initial moments, I felt ...
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The Promise of Being Marked as Christ’s Own

Do you like snakes? I am not particularly fond of them, so if Saint Patrick popped around to banish them ...
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Watching My Kids Acolyte

Boredom is a safe and loved child's worst nightmare. Keeping the mind busy when the body is required to sit ...
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Perpetua’s Challenge to Rethink Adulthood

“I am a Christian.”—The Passion of Perpetua and Felicity. Tr. Thomas J Heffernan. Oxford University Press, 2012. When did you ...
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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 ...
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The Wesley Brothers: Faithful in Devotion and Action

I have always admired those who, even when disillusioned by the church, choose to stay engaged—wrestling with their doubts until ...
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The Miracle of Hearing 

“What language would you speak if you could speak any language?” someone asked as we reviewed the liturgical calendar during ...
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Engaging Lenten Practices as a Family

I’ve been thinking a lot over the past few weeks about how my family might engage the traditional Lenten practices ...
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Making Tired People Rested and Happy

Give us grace, O Eternal Father, that we strive to keep the way of the cross and carry in our ...
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Childhood and the Church

Our children, soon-to-be youth, have important ideas and understandings of the world, their place in it, and their relationship with the Creator ...
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The Miracle of Living (Well)

Wisdom is everywhere. From the immortal and optimistic words of Belinda Carlisle whilst jumping on my best friend’s trampoline at ...
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The Prophetic Witness of Absalom Jones

Today we remember the life and faith of Absalom Jones, the first African American priest in the Episcopal Church, whose ...
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Saint Joseph, Fatherhood, and Fitted Bedsheets

In March 2019, I first learned that I was going to be a father. In those initial moments, I felt ...
/

The Promise of Being Marked as Christ’s Own

Do you like snakes? I am not particularly fond of them, so if Saint Patrick popped around to banish them ...
/

Watching My Kids Acolyte

Boredom is a safe and loved child's worst nightmare. Keeping the mind busy when the body is required to sit ...
/

Perpetua’s Challenge to Rethink Adulthood

“I am a Christian.”—The Passion of Perpetua and Felicity. Tr. Thomas J Heffernan. Oxford University Press, 2012. When did you ...
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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 ...
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The Wesley Brothers: Faithful in Devotion and Action

I have always admired those who, even when disillusioned by the church, choose to stay engaged—wrestling with their doubts until ...
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