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“Blessings for Your Students”: A Resource for Interfaith Communities and Campus Ministries

I was informed, upon joining the university where I spent the last decade of my 40 years in higher education chaplaincy, that the …

Advent is a season that encourages us to pray from our bones. Its vivid stories and songs implore us to pursue, desire, and cry …

Building Faith has featured a number of articles with prayers and blessings for the seasons and holy days of the liturgical year. …

The Feast of Pentecost comes 50 days after Easter Sunday. This holy day whisks us into the presence of God alive and on the move, …

"Chalking the Door" is a short liturgy for marking our homes with sacred symbols and asking God's blessing upon those who live, …

The Feast of All Saints takes place on November 1. Because this day calls Christians to remember and celebrate all members of the …

Many churches and faith communities offer animal blessing ceremonies. A popular date for these events is the Feast of St. Francis …

Editor's note: This article was originally published as "Blessing of the Animals: How to invite your neighborhood into more!" by …

Many churches offer a Blessing of the Animals in honor of the Feast of St. Francis, on or near October 4th. We bless our pets …

Caring for creation is holy. From the beginning, we’ve been entrusted with caring for our world and all things wooly, scaley, and …