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Baptismal Parties Behaving Badly
Tim Schenk (Clergy Family Confidential) has hit the nail on the head – or should I say “water in the font”! How many baptisms (or weddings, confirmations, etc.), have you attended in which the...
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Dear Parents with Young Children in Church
Many of my posts here discuss and reflect upon the importance of having children present in the worshipping community. And how it’s important to welcome them as any other member of the Body of Christ....
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Will Your Kids Stay Religious?
If a child is securely attached to non-religious parents there is a greater likelihood that child will not be religious as an adult. If a child is insecurely attached to religious parents there is a...
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These Are Our Bodies: Talking Faith & Sexuality
For many years I have conducted surveys to discover what curricula were being used in churches with children, youth, and adults. Part of the survey always asked for each age level, “What types of...
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A Child’s “Worship Bag”
This past Saturday I gave a workshop at the annual Spring Training event for the Episcopal Church in Connecticut. My presentation involved sharing ideas of how we can make worship more formational for...
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Finding God in Others
Originally posted on Wendy Claire Barrie: Just then a lawyer stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he said, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus said to him, “What is written in the law? What...
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Creating Burning Bushes: Supporting Faith at Home
This was a presentation given at the Consortium of Endowed Episcopal Parishes (CEEP) 2017 annual conference held recently in Washington, D.C. How can congregational leadership bridge the gap that...
View Article“The Way of Love” for Families
Another initiative that was launched at the 79th General Convention was a “call” from Presiding Bishop Michael Curry for The Episcopal Church to follow “The Way of Love: Practices for a Jesus-Centered...
View ArticleCollecting Tears
We are each grieving in our own ways. For many, the loss has been visceral - a loved one no longer with us. For others, the grieving is not related to the pandemic as death always makes an appearance...
View ArticleThe Hopeful Family
Resilience. Empathy. Courage. Gratitude. These are all just a few descriptions of what I assume all parents (and grandparents) wish to instill in their children. I believe being part of a faithful,...
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