bible
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Praying together in the second person
“You” is the most important word in Christian prayer. Wait a second. “You”? What about “God”? What about “Christ”? What about “Jesus”? Yes, these are important words in Christian prayer, and the name “Jesus” certainly has its magnificent and eternal… Continue reading
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Giving Voice to Every Creature under Heaven
In the Episcopal Eucharistic Prayer D, the presider invites the congregation to think about what trees might say in heaven. That’s not exactly how the BCP puts it, of course, but basically it’s what the invitation asks people to do.… Continue reading
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Storytelling, Children, and Spirituality
As I raise my children, especially as I raise them spiritually, I’m surprised at how much time I spend telling stories. This shouldn’t be much of a surprise, I feel, because Christianity (my faith) is fundamentally a storytelling religion. Some… Continue reading
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Asking children questions about God
The other day, I asked my daughters if they had any tough questions about God. I was doing this to help me brainstorm questions for our “Coffee and Theology” group at church. This group meets every two weeks or so,… Continue reading
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Adults in Children’s Sunday School
We came to quite the problem when presenting Palm Sunday and Holy Week to our church school children. Our curriculum has readings and a video, but both the children and the teachers found it a little disturbing. Good Friday in… Continue reading
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To love every part of Creation
A very good friend of mine loves strip malls. He also loves buildings on the sides of highways that are somewhat broken down, especially if they’re made of painted-over bricks or cinder blocks. Old mechanics’ shops, garages with no sign… Continue reading
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What does it feel like to pray?
the pictures included in this week’s post are from my wife and my trip to Japan in the summer of 2024 In my post last week, I wrote a little about the experience of what it feels like to pray.… Continue reading
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How do you read the Bible?
The Bible is Christian Scripture, but what does it mean for something to be a community’s “Scripture”? The Bible is our holy book, God’s word to us in writing, a sacred text in which we find the presence of something… Continue reading
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Beginning to Pray (again)
I’ve come to a place in daily prayer where I feel like I’m only just getting started. In a way, this isn’t a surprising feeling. As we go deeper and deeper into a practice (into any kind of practice), we… Continue reading
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What do you pass down?
My parish is currently in the process of hiring a new Children’s Education Director. Hiring someone isn’t simply about just finding the right person for the job. It’s also about refining what the job actually entails. In part, this work… Continue reading
Incense and Crayons 