For many people in Native American communities, the federal holiday Columbus Day serves as a painful reminder of the brutal …
Helping Children Prepare for Worship: Objects, Practices & Support
Taking time to prepare to cross the threshold into church with intention and readiness helps people of all ages worship more …
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Blessing Animals at the Zoo
Caring for creation is holy. From the beginning, we’ve been entrusted with caring for our world and all things wooly, scaley, and …
How To Write A Land Acknowledgement For Your Parish
This land is your land, but it once was my landBefore we sold you Manhattan IslandYou pushed my nation to the reservationThis land …
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A Service of Lament: Remembering the Victims of the Residential Schools
“The first time my grandmother ever saw a white person was when she was a young girl. She saw them coming and she ran and got her …
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A Liturgy for Regathering in a Sanctuary
At the time of this writing, we are fourteen months into the COVID-19 pandemic. Whether you lost a loved one to the virus, …
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An Easter Children’s Sermon
I’m a big believer in giving the children’s sermon as much thought as I do any other part of worship. Creating A Children's …
Blessing of the Halloween Costumes
We believe in a God that prevails over fear, evil, and death. We can laugh at scary costumes because we know that evil, death, and …
Sharing Godly Play With The Whole Congregation
Sometimes those rich, beautiful stories are just begging to burst out of the classroom and into another context that might not …
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Godly Play “Big”: Bringing the Practices of Small Circles to Large Spaces
So how do you do Godly Play authentically in “big” circles like this one? By holding fast to those things that support the circle …
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