by Jennifer DiFrancesco Lent. It stresses me out every year. Like everything else, I know it shouldn’t but it does. It isn’t like we will be graded on it or will be asked to do a public presentation about it. Just when I have a good idea, I overthink it, rethink it, and ask others … Continue reading
The Practicing Families editors are working on some site changes and a writing schedule for the new year. In the meantime, enjoy this post from January 2014. –Christine Gough Back in October or November, I started feeling the presence of Advent and its weight on the calendar despite the fall leaves hanging on trees and … Continue reading
—by Joanna Harader As one of the founding editors of this blog, I feel like I should be a shining example of family spiritual practices. But the truth is that most weeks we’re doing well to pray before meals and get everyone to church. Family devotions, bedtime prayers, Bible coloring pages, prayer walks . . … Continue reading
*This week’s Monday post veers from our regular family liturgy to offer this review of a book that will be of interest to Practicing Families readers. More than Enough: Living Abundantly in a Culture of Excess by Lee Hull Moses. Westminster Johnn Knox Press: Louisville, 2016 (136 pages) A while back I had an idea … Continue reading
by Joanna Harader Scripture: Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Indeed, by faith our ancestors received approval. By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was made from things that are not … Continue reading
–By Donald Hanna Last month, after years of fighting colon cancer, my father-in-law, Dean, passed away. As my family journeyed with him through his last days, I was struck along the way at the lessons this journey carried for us, and the growing that we did together in the process. Walking with him as he … Continue reading
–By Joanna Harader As a parent, I failed Lent this year. Or I suppose a gracious professor might give me the “at least she tried ” D. I did order and even print “An Illustrated Lent” family devotional. It looks very nice and impressive in my three-ring binder. We actually did the devotions on two, … Continue reading
–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
—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
Practicing Families readers are invited to join Seamless Faith author Traci Smith for a webinar about how to incorporate faith practices in to daily family life. The webinar will be this Thursday, January 21, at 9pm EST/ 8pm CST. For more information and to RSVP, visit the event Facebook page. Continue reading
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