Coins, Berries, Daisies, and Animals: Celebrating Early Autumn Feast Days
Special days aren’t just for Advent and Lent, they happen throughout the year. By observing just a few, we enrich our faith, and the faith of our family.
Saints
Family
Celebrate Holy Cross Day, an ancient feast
Imagine an annual spring tradition in which you plant basil seeds in an herb garden while retelling the story of Helena digging up her own basil and finding Jesus’ cross.
I spent sixty seconds in silence with middle schoolers every day. It was fabulous.
Jesus does wonders with that still space we make in our hearts and makes it enough—more than enough—to carry us wherever we need to go.
Shining light in dark places: when your teen mentions suicide
By sharing in our brokenness, we find healing. We find God.
Coming home while on the road: my summer faith community
This week, the annual business meeting and conference of The Union of Black Episcopalians is taking place in New Jersey. I can’t help but reflect on my past years attending UBE as a child and teenager. I waited for it all year.
Liturgical Year
The Feast of St. Mary Magdalene reminds me of the strong women who shaped my life.
Mary Magdalene proclaimed to the Apostles and to the world the work of the risen Christ in her life.
Parenting
My daughters are learning to pray–beginning with Grace.
My daughter would start with the memorized prayer, then go “off script” and talk to God. She learned to pray.
Parenting
Stumbling across holy places lifts up my heart – and our family’s travels.
Visiting holy spaces helps us find the wonder and beauty of God in unfamiliar surroundings.
Family travels can be like pilgrimages – even if you’re not going far.
Family visits can be a pilgrimage into the heart of love and acceptance, not perfect like God’s love, but a great reflection.
I thought my child was taking the Lord’s name in vain. It was the opposite.
We were hurtling through the air at an amusement park. Was my son really saying what I thought I heard?
