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Advent Calendars for 2022

Growing up our family had one of the Avon Christmas Count-Down Calendars from 1987 with the mouse that moved from one …

Writing is a way of paying close attention to our lives. Finding just the right words to describe our thoughts, emotions, and …

Last year, when we didn’t feel comfortable hosting people inside our buildings yet, we looked for a totally-outdoor Vacation Bible …

Children’s chapel can mean many things in many different contexts. When I talk about children’s chapel, I’m talking about a …

I am flattened by how helpless I have felt by the isolation and suffering uncovered, highlighted, and underscored in these past …

In the decade I have been serving in Christian education, I have found that it is necessary to have a few “back-pocket” ideas that …

Those of us in ministry are often in search of opening prayers for beginning a meeting or event. Here are four recommendations …

As we enter the holiest week of the Christian liturgical year, prayers, poems, and devotionals can help us connect more deeply …

Pentecost provides a lot of wonderful images to center interactive prayer stations around: birthday, fire, breath, and wind – just …

In The Episcopal Church, we are slowly acknowledging the cultural diversity that makes up our community. Resolutions from 2018 …

"The Ascension is essentially the flip side of Christmas. In December, we celebrate how the divine enters our ordinary human …

In 2021, Virginia Theological Seminary produced a 40-minute video, The Way of the Cross (El Vía Crucis), that was made available …