It is a cool November morning just before Thanksgiving. With each gust of wind, a new bunch of leaves swirls down towards the …
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15 Thanksgiving Prayers and Table Graces
Do you offer a blessing before meals? Perhaps only on special occasions? Here are 15 Thanksgiving prayers and table graces that …
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Food Matters: 7 Dietarily-Sensitive Meals For A Crowd
I have often wondered how many other individuals in our parish (or other parishes) are not fed balanced meals in their churches, …
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Freshly Brewed: 5 New Ideas for Coffee Hour
"At its best, a church coffee hour is a venue for the Holy Spirit to work." Coffee Hour: …
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A Beginner’s Guide to Christian Fasting
"The main purpose of fasting involves the question: What I am desiring to be filled with?” What is Fasting? To 'fast' is …
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Book Review: Room at My Table by Evelyn Bence
"...to make this meal an event that all around the table can celebrate together, taking pleasure in the food, the company, the …
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How to Feed a Youth Group (When they’re tired of pizza)
There are plenty reasons why pizza is an ideal food for youth groups. It arrives ready-to-eat; most people like it (vegetarians …
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A Church Takes Adult Formation into the Community: “Prayerbooks and Potables”
“I want us to laugh, talk and study together, but do it in a public setting so that people who might not otherwise be comfortable …
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Lenten Reflection: How am I Tempted?
"I am wondering, what tempts me in the very private places of my heart? If I were honest about the ways the devil has a hold of …
Spiritual Practices: Mindful Eating
One area of my own life where I find that I’m often not focused enough is when I’m eating. It's too often …
Hot Cross Buns
Origins of Hot Cross Buns It is one of the peculiarities of the observance of the great fast of Lent that …