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Prayers and a Blessing for Advent

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

If you've ever searched for Bible study resources and felt completely overwhelmed, you're not imagining the mountain of materials …

What if Advent were less about which songs to sing which weeks and more about using our resources to ensure that all people are …

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

I (Jodi) have a confession to make: I don’t like Christmas pageants. It's not just the significant planning that they can require. …

The seasons of the church year are great teachers in prayer. Each shows us a distinctive array of imagery, symbols, stories, and …

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

The Juneteenth Diocesan Feast Day and liturgy grew out of a Diocese of California Resolution passed in 2021. The resolution …

During the Easter season of 2020, when Christian formation could not take place onsite, I led an online intergenerational …

What portrait of a life of faith do you carry with you? Mine tends to focus on doing: praying, reading and studying scripture, …