by Jennifer DiFrancesco Prayer Lord, the resurrection of Your Son has given us new life and renewed hope. Help us to live as new people in pursuit of the Christian ideal. Grant us wisdom to know what we must do, the will to want to do it, the courage to undertake it, the perseverance to … Continue reading
~ by Horace McMillon How did I get here? That’s my mother-in-law’s short hand for please help me orient myself. For those who do not know, our Mimi is battling severe memory loss. She has been living with us for nearly eight months now. Memory is a funny thing. Sometimes it’s clearer. Sometimes it’s not. … Continue reading
by Casey FitzGerald This week’s Monday liturgy for families focuses on learning to tell the story together. The story from Mark is that of Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem — preceding the events we remember during Holy Week. Kids can tell these stories! Watch the children of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Alexandria, VA tell the … Continue reading
Thanks to the viral nature of social media, I can say “Throwback Thursday” and we all pretty much know what that means: the phenomenon where we share old pictures to our network of friends and ask them to take a trip down nostalgia lane with us. I am a sucker for the sentimentality of the … Continue reading
by Dena Douglas Hobbs Scripture Reading: Psalm 139:1-12 (NRSV) O LORD you have searched me and known me. You know when I sit down and when I rise up; You discern my thoughts from far away. You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a … Continue reading
~ by Christine Gough “Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?” Everyone is probably familiar with those iconic lines, read more times than is countable to sleepy babies and toddlers while predicting who will be seen next. Bill Martin Jr. is known for his prose and stories and collaboration with Eric Carle who illustrated … Continue reading
My son is a liar. Except I am not supposed to say that; I’m supposed to say that he “tells lies.” Except that “lie” is a trigger word for him, so I’m supposed to say things like: “Tim, I do not understand why another student at your high school–whose name you don’t even know—would just … Continue reading
by Amy Yoder McGloughlin I’d like to think that my kids (age 11 and 14 now) would come to me and tell me anything. I would like to believe that there is no problem too big, too difficult or too painful for us to discuss. We’ve talked about a lot of things together–conflicts with friends, … Continue reading
by Erika Marksbury Scripture Reading: Psalm 107:1-9 (NRSV) O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever. Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, those he redeemed from trouble and gathered in from the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from … Continue reading
~by Bromleigh McCleneghan Every season the catalogue of course offerings from the Park District comes in the mail; there’s gymnastics and kiddie ballet, swim lessons and, in the summer, camps galore. Every season, I look through the book, take a look at our schedule, and think about which classes we could fit in; Monday evenings … Continue reading
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