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4 Gratitude Practices for Families for Thanksgiving Week (or Any Time!)

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As my congregation surely knows, I believe, strongly in the benefits of gratitude and thankfulness. Research supports gratitude’s positive effects on the body, mind, and spirit, and gratitude is something that continues to be studied with lots of funding and fervor. I keep a gratitude journal, my husband and I list things we’re thankful for on […]

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7 Reasons Family Dinner is Worth Fighting for & Resources to Make it Happen

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I recently read an article on Slate called “Let’s Stop Idolizing The Home Cooked Family Dinner.” In the article, two sociologists from North Carolina State University point to evidence that the stress of putting together family meals is not worth the tradeoff. They conclude that the tradeoffs aren’t worth it. I disagree… strongly. Parents are

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Birthday Blessing: A Simple Tradition

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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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Forgiveness and Assurance of God’s Grace — A Spiritual Practice for the Guilt Parents Carry Around

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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.

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Sermon Remix: Jesus is a Brother + Jesus is Messiah

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So… I missed a week on the sermon remix and people noticed! Yay! I promise this was not a test to see if people would notice, but it’s nice to know that a little remix of the sermon is a good thing. This week I’m offering up a double remix! Wooot! Last Sunday we talked about

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Seamless Faith Virtual Book Tour

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Let me count the reasons I love the Internet… connection to people and friends around the world. All the time. Skype with grandma and grandpa nearly every day for my boys. Recipe finding. And now, the most recent thing I love about the internet… the virtual book tour! That’s right, my book is going on

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Heaven… ticketed guests only?

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Like just about anybody who works in a church, I get a lot of catalogues. I mean, a lot. I usually flip through them quickly before dumping them in the recycle bin, but this week, a particular catalog caught my eye. It’s not important which one, but it was for children’s spiritual formation-type things: Vacation Bible School, Sunday

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