I am flattened by how helpless I have felt by the isolation and suffering uncovered, highlighted, and underscored in these past …
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I am flattened by how helpless I have felt by the isolation and suffering uncovered, highlighted, and underscored in these past …
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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 …
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Those of us in ministry are often in search of opening prayers for beginning a meeting or event. Here are four recommendations …
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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 …
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In The Episcopal Church, we are slowly acknowledging the cultural diversity that makes up our community. Resolutions from 2018 …
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"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 …
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For our Confirmation Retreat, I created a series of activities around the baptismal promises that invited movement, reflection, …
Research shows that millennial parents (born 1981-1996) and Gen Z parents (born 1997 onward) have a strong connection to social …
For many people in Native American communities, the federal holiday Columbus Day serves as a painful reminder of the brutal …
These days when I talk to fellow families, I hear the same echoes in our voices. We’re weary. We need …
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