bible
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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
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The Psalms, anxiety, and spiritual enemies
I’ve never been that good with keeping to Morning Prayer every morning, but I’d like to be. Getting my children ready for school most mornings, however, doesn’t usually lead to a stable schedule of daily prayer. And so, like most… Continue reading
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Giving voice to every creature under heaven
Children live in an enchanted world. I don’t mean this in a sentimental way, though. I don’t mean that children live as if magic were real and that everything shimmers and shines with unicorns and fairies. Children can be realists,… Continue reading
Incense and Crayons 