How to Help Your Children Grieve

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How to Help Your Children Grieve

…She didn’t know what was wrong and after a few minutes she said, “I just really miss my friends, my school and my teacher”. I realized – my kids are grieving too, and they don’t know how to name it. If they can’t name it then they certainly don’t know how to work through it…

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How to Write a Psalm

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How to Write a Psalm

Psalms are essentially the worship book for the Hebrew people. They were read publicly, often as call-and-response during services; hence the way lines are broken and indented on the page…

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Liturgy for Communion and Communication

Liturgy for Communion and Communication

We wrapped up LISTENING TO THE HEARTBEAT OF GOD by weaving some of the major themes into our prayer for approaching the Lord’s Table. This liturgy is a combination of texts from the Book of Common Prayer, call-and-response reading of scripture, and custom-written words that connect to our series… Read More

The Daily Examen

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The Daily Examen

Our culture is in something of an emotional renaissance. There is an interest in emotional health and integration that has not been seen for several generations; one only needs to peruse social media to see the meteoric rise in conversation and resources directed towards better knowing our own hearts… Read More

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Lectio Divina

Lectio Divina

This week we learned the process of Lectio Divina, or “sacred reading” of the scriptures as a way to listen to God speaking to us... Read More