Calling all pastors and youth pastors: you want to make a photo booth for your next church event, VBS, or other random party, and here are 4 reasons why: 1. If you have an iPad already, the total initial investment is less than $100, and once you have the initial supplies, future photo booths are virtually […]
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I wouldn’t use the world “organized” as a descriptor of myself. I can’t find my keys (EVER), my desk is often very messy (ditto my closet, purse, etc.) and I do many things at the last minute. At the same time, I really value efficiency, which is why I’m in to meal planning, technology tools, and
Nine Things Christians Can Edit Out of Our “Helping Speech” A few months ago I was really struggling with anxiety and migraines. I felt overwhelmed and and a general sense that life was too much to handle. I called on friends (as you do) to help me pick up the pieces. One friend, in particular,
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I’m on vacation for a little while, visiting family in Chicago (and letting the boys get spoiled rotten by grandma and grandpa!) It’s a great time to work on some spiritual practices that have become important to me in recent weeks and months, and also to write about them. I’m just going to tell you
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Pentecost is the day when the Holy Spirit comes from heaven like a rushing wind. It’s full of symbolism… flame, wind, water, the dove. It’s a rich time to do fun crafts or activities as a family to celebrate this important day in the Christian year. The color of pentecost is RED. In Faithful Families,
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Today I’m excited to share an interview by Martha Spong, editor of the new book There’s a Woman in the Pulpit: Christian Clergywomen Share their Hard Days, Holy Moments, and the Healing Power of Humor. The book features stories and anecdotes from dozens of women clergy across denominations. Martha and I talk about the book, of course,
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This week I caught up with a colleague over a cup of coffee. It was there she told the story of an Easter morning debacle unlike any I had ever heard: A rat had crawled into the oven and died sometime during lent. When the oven was turned on to heat up breakfast casseroles, the
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This morning 3 year old Clayton said, “Today is Easter Day again! It’s Jesus Day Again!” If I were to guess, he was referring to the joy of yesterday and wanting to repeat it. Butterflies. Candy. Egg hunt. Friends. I can’t help but reflect on how profound that statement is, theologically. Easter is not just
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Easter • APR 5 Mystery Read 1 Corinthians 15:51–54. Listen, I will tell you a mystery! (v. 51a) When I talk to parents struggling to communicate the basics of faith to their children, I encourage them to learn to embrace a single word—mystery. So much about our faith is completely unknowable to human beings. How
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HOLY SATURDAY • APR 4 One Hundred Pounds Read John 19:38–42. They took the body of Jesus and wrapped it with the spices in linen cloths, according to the burial custom of the Jews. (v. 40) Saturday is the day that Jesus is laid in the tomb. The Gospel of John tells us that Nicodemus
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