Parenting Small
My breath quickens when I hear “do less” each Advent. As my heart starts to race, I think, “There’s no way that’s what they really mean!”
Advent
Reminders offered by our creche collection
I do not know when I moved from having a few creches to having a collection, but it was somewhere between having two and then forty
How an Epidemic Changed Saint Nicholas
If I were writing this last year I don’t even think I would have paid any attention to this part of Nicholas’ story. I’m not sure the word would have registered in my brain. But this year? Hearing of a young boy losing both his parents to an uncontrolled illness was hard to ignore.
Skipping Advent
This is the time of year when many Episcopal clergy start reminding anyone who will listen how important it is
Including Children and Youth in AdventWord
So often children and young people are perceived as only receivers of Christian Formation. In reality they have so much to offer us.
Journeying to Bethlehem This Advent
Last year, I was offered an opportunity to travel to Bethlehem, Palestine to work with adults and youth to create a circus outreach program with a long time friend
Advent Care Package for Youth: What’s in the box?
A post from the Forma Facebook page a few days ago reminded me: what am I doing for Advent with my youth group? Of course, I should have been thinking about this weeks ago. But here I am, scrolling through the list of ideas and putting together my Advent care package. But it’s not too late, especially in God’s time.
Whimsical, Wise Reminders
Modern parenting has no shortage of overthinking things, and in particular, no shortage of overthinking holiday celebrations.
Deepening Our Family’s Faith through the Jesse Tree
In 2015, as my family raced through the fall, my then first grader and three-year-old were already talking about Christmas. Barely past his 7th birthday in October, my son had moved onto Christmas. One day he asked, “Why can’t we just skip to Christmas? Advent is so boring!”
Our Family’s Nativity Tradition
On the first Sunday of Advent after church, I get to go home and do one of my most favorite things. No, it is not decorate a Christmas tree—we will wait until the week of Christmas to do that. On the first Sunday of Advent, in my family, we set up our nativities.
