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Monthly Archives: February 2016

Luke 15: Celebrate Love
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Luke 15: Celebrate Love

Posted on February 29, 2016 by Practicing Families • Leave a comment

by Joanna Harader Scripture: Luke 15:11-32 This week’s Gospel reading is the familiar story of the lost son—often called the Prodigal Son. Your children might enjoy watching one of these versions on YouTube: • A reading of the text with an actor and accompanying drawings • The story acted out by Lego characters • A social … Continue reading →

Calendaring as a Spiritual Practice
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Calendaring as a Spiritual Practice

Posted on February 26, 2016 by practicingfamilies2013 • Leave a comment

~by Donald Hanna For some time my wife, Brenda, has been less and less enchanted with the calendar in her phone.  For months she has been making the occasional comment about how much she hates it.  Last month, she finally decided to ditch the phone calendar, and buy a planner.  She did a little researching, … Continue reading →

Here is the Prayer
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Here is the Prayer

Posted on February 24, 2016 by Joanna • Leave a comment

By Laura Kelly Fanucci I stir in the dark before dawn. Black trees outlined through our windows slowly sharpen into focus as the sky lightens into blue behind them. I slip between sleep and waking, but eventually decide the dreams are gone for good. I think of turning towards the prayer book on the nightstand … Continue reading →

Psalm 8: Fasting for Creation
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Psalm 8: Fasting for Creation

Posted on February 22, 2016 by practicingfamilies2013 • Leave a comment

by Jennifer Mills-Knutsen Scripture: Psalm 8 O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. Out of the mouths of babes and infants you have founded a bulwark because of your foes, to silence the enemy and the avenger. When I look at your … Continue reading →

Parenting Through Change
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Parenting Through Change

Posted on February 17, 2016 by Joanna • Leave a comment

–by Chris Lenshyn We were in a tight spot! Our rental town house was being sold. We had to be out within 2 months. We were in process of selling my mother’s house 2 provinces away so that we could buy a house together and live communally in British Columbia. The attempted sale of mom’s house dragged … Continue reading →

Psalm 27: Letting Go of Fear
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Psalm 27: Letting Go of Fear

Posted on February 15, 2016 by Practicing Families • Leave a comment

by Dena Hobbs Scripture: Psalm 27 (NRSV) “The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? When evildoers assail me to devour our flesh – my adversaries and foes – they shall stumble and fall. Though an army … Continue reading →

A Sapling to Grow
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A Sapling to Grow

Posted on February 12, 2016 by practicingfamilies2013 • Leave a comment

~ Christine Gough “I try to believe,” she said, “that God doesn’t give you more than one little piece of the story at once. You know, the story of your life. Otherwise your heart would crack wider than you could handle. He only cracks it enough so you can still walk, like someone wearing a … Continue reading →

Ashes, Children, and God in Brokenness
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Ashes, Children, and God in Brokenness

Posted on February 10, 2016 by Joanna • Leave a comment

—Corey Fields It’s Ash Wednesday again. Ash Wednesday is among the worship services of the church year that I find the most powerful. The service is designed around an acknowledgement of human brokenness and mortality. Ash Wednesday embraces the idea that, although words of hope have their place during much of the rest of the … Continue reading →

Luke 4: Jesus Tempted in the Wilderness
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Luke 4: Jesus Tempted in the Wilderness

Posted on February 8, 2016 by practicingfamilies2013 • 1 Comment

by Jennifer DiFrancesco Scripture: Luke 4:1-13 Jesus returned from the Jordan River full of the Holy Spirit, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness. There he was tempted for forty days by the devil. He ate nothing during those days and afterward Jesus was starving. The devil said to him, “Since you are … Continue reading →

A Syllabus of Ideas and Goals and Dreams
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A Syllabus of Ideas and Goals and Dreams

Posted on February 5, 2016 by practicingfamilies2013 • Leave a comment

~by Jill Clingan I live well by a syllabus.  When I was in college and graduate school, I studied my classes’ syllabi with both a great deal of anticipation and a great deal of apprehension.  At the beginning of each semester, I would sit on my living room couch and carefully copy each assignment into … Continue reading →

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