So, people in ministry of all kinds constantly need calendars with just Sundays on them, for worship planning, sign ups and all kinds of other things. I tried googling a “Sunday only” calendar and didn’t have much luck and so I made my own. I’m offering them here in the JPG and also PDF versions. […]
One of the things that I’m keenly aware of as a recently published author on spiritual practices for families is how I’m now part of the world of Christian marketing. As I’ve written about before, I believe only people can be described as Christian. I don’t believe there is such a thing as “Christian music”
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Ah, back to school. I remember it so well! New pencils and notebooks and backpacks, even that first day of school attire. There were always awkwardly staged pictures in front of the fireplace and the excitement of a new year. There’s a back-to-school tradition in my book Seamless Faith that is super sweet and fun and
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Sometimes the news just seems… loud to me. Death. Violence. Wars. Screaming. Shouting. Bills. Laws. Minority opinions. Majority opinions. It seems to me that the only thing that can break through, sometimes, is art. Today it was quiet enough for me to really see and hear this short poem by Khaled Juma…
As I am beginning a vacation here in Chicago with my folks, I’m trying to clear my head, spend time with family, and prepare for a wonderful start to the new year. So many exciting things happen at the beginning of the school year, and so it’s a great time to refresh. One of
Um… let’s talk about margaritas, shall we? We shall. A. I live in San Antonio which means “Margarita” in Spanish. B. They can be customized in a million different ways and C. Yum. These are watermelon-basil margaritas and oh-my-heavens, we can’t get enough of them. Elias and I have spent the last
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I can’t believe my little guys are two and three already! It really is true that the days are long and the years are short. In the book, I have a birthday tradition that is fabulous and it allows children to think about others on their birthday. This birthday blessing idea, though, is one of
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I’m delighted to be reviewing Katherine Willis Pershey’s new Christmas Pageant A Mary Carol written for small to medium sized congregations. I’ll get to all of the reasons I love this pageant, but first, a little about the author. Katherine Willis is Associate Minister of First Congregational Church of Western Springs, IL (A few train stops over
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Here’s something I’ve noticed, and maybe you have too… there are some things that we don’t talk about at church. When I say church I don’t mean Northwood Presbyterian Church in San Antonio or First Baptist Church of Anytown or Hope Bible Church in Largecity… I mean church in general. Any church. Some things are
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The moms and dads that I meet carry around a lot of guilt. I include myself, first and foremost. I lost my temper. I let them watch too much TV while I worked. You don’t even want to know what I fed them for dinner. I’m not making enough money to send them to college.
