Tag: Children
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Easter Egg in the Desert
We still have a long way to go in the Easter season.Â
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Life is Like a Bunch of Crayons in your Clothes Dryer
In the midst of these things that crowd out the sounds of God’s love—Christ is ready for us—ready for us to see, to sing, and to circumvent the next disaster which befalls our laundry.
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A time to fully, consciously, actively participate
I must say that the level of attention I can bring to Mass as a music minister FAR surpasses any attention I can muster while wrangling an active little girl.
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The Baptism of Prince George, Senator Paul Simon, and Me
Britain’s Prince George, third in line to the throne, was baptized in a small private service at St. James Palace. But a conversation I had years ago with the late Senator Paul Simon makes me wonder what his baptism might have been like, had it happened elsewhere . . .
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Children’s menu
Need a chuckle this Monday?
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Refresh my heart: Regreening creation and the human spirit
There’s nothing like a new infant to make you appreciate (also: sweat through) the Easter Vigil mass. My new daughter’s patroness and namesake, Hildegard of Bingen, draws a parallel between baptism and the “re-greening” of creation that occurs annually in spring (we’re still waiting on this in Minnesota).
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Listen for the breath of God
Today is my son’s baptismal anniversary: he was baptized on Sept 10, 2006. I thought I’d republish this post I wrote on my personal blog when he was an infant as a commemoration.