It turns out, church summer camp changed my life.
Concentrated time with Jesus and a faithful, beloved community such as the ones formed at camp are important for all of us.
Discipleship
Reconciliation is at the heart of family life – and church life too.
Being turned away at another church taught me the value of the sacrament of reconciliation in my own.
Gather, Listen, Do & Go – A Simple Pattern for Family Faith
We can pattern our lives at home after the pattern we see in the liturgy.
Soul-deep friendships can start in church – and last for a lifetime.
I met them when we volunteered together through an Episcopal program. They’ve shown me the love of God for almost two decades.
St. Peter & St. Paul teach us to embody faith.
Sacrificial love is an embodied faith lived for the benefit of other people.
It’s summer: time to watch for how God is growing me.
I have to tend the beds of my heart, and weed out the garbage that threatens the tender vines and leaves of my life that God has called to be fruitful.
Jesus moved. The Israelites moved. And we’re moving too.
Moving is once again making me realize: all of life is detaching from that which does not last forever and clinging to the good news in Christ.
A bright teen asked me to explain the Trinity. Here’s what I said.
I said a prayer for guidance and remembered no one can comprehend the grace of God.
My morning prayers keep me focused on the Holy Spirit’s presence.
For twenty years, my prayer practice reminded me that my children were sealed with the Holy Spirit and marked as Christ’s own forever.
I grow my garden; Jesus grows me.
How I feel about these plants in my garden is merely a fraction of the way Jesus feels about me and how I am growing.