God’s Instrument of Abundant Life
When looking at a baby, we don’t generally wonder how they will die.
Liturgical Year
Beautiful Blue Christmas
I have long loved Darryl Worley’s song ‘Awful Beautiful Life’ that’s linked above. It came out around the time I graduated from college and it reminds me that life is crazy, tragic, and magic.
The Time it Takes: Trusting with Saint Thomas
It takes the time it takes, I heard the speaker say.
The Jesse Tree’s Continuous Lessons
Hearing my first Christmas carol of the season, ‘What Child is this?’ over the intercom in a store made me stop in my tracks a few weeks ago. And Godly Play trained, I began to wonder, ‘How did this religious song gain access into this secular setting!?’
Beyond Day and Night
Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared on Bird Treacy’s substack Wiggles & Wonder on November 14th and is shared today
Slowing Down for Advent with Young Children
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.
Slowing Down during the Advent Season
This year, I want to slow down and savor the Advent season.
Looking ahead to Advent
Now that my kids are in 7th and 9th grades, I’m trying to be realistic about how we will slow down and engage Advent as a family because we have a lot less time in the afternoon and evenings than we did a decade ago.
The Case for All Souls Day
I believe that the observance of All Souls Day is crucial.
Allhallowtide
As the end of another church year draws to a close, I remember that death and time separate me from both my beloved ancestors and the descendants I long to know.
