At A Hen's Pace

Should have planned farther ahead for an Ash Wednesday post!  But as so often happens, life crowded out blogging. Today we had orthodontist ...

This is the night, when you brought our fathers, the children of Israel, out of bondage in Egypt, and led them through the Red Sea on dry l...

(artist Sieger Koder) The Washing of Feet What could be stranger than this? What more awesome? He who is clothed with ligh...

Holy Week begins tomorrow! We are doing the full complement of services: Palm Sunday, Blessing of Oil & Water (on Thursday afternoon), ...

Though I had no time yesterday to post anything about it, yesterday was Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent! We had a beautifully solemn...

It's Epiphany today, the day we remember the Wise Men coming to the Christ Child with their gifts. They "saw the light" as it ...

What better way to kick off the Pentecost season than with a carnival! There are ideas for celebrating Pentecost as a family, as well as me...

Today at church we celebrated Epiphany and Light of Christ's second birthday! Two years ago, during Epiphany, Mr. & Mrs. A held the ...

Our new processional cross... ...and Father Rooster celebrating the Eucharist, with Father Arnold Klukas from Nashotah House looking on. The...

On Friday, Bantam17 and Blondechick15 had a day off of school, and it was a free day at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry. So we...

"All Saints II" by Wassily Kandinsky A saint is not a superman, but one who discovers and lives his truth as a liturgical being. ....

Our bishop is amazing. Here he is, praying for Bantam17... ...and for Bantam13. For each one of our 23 confirmands, he prayed an individual...

Here we were two weeks ago on a chilly, snowy, Sunday morning in Wisconsin! Light of Christ's first Palm Sunday processional went very w...

It's Holy Saturday, the day the disciples waited in stunned disbelief at the sudden turn of events. Death to their King--instead of the...

Got your green on for St. Patrick's Day? Well, you missed it! St. Paddy's is over! Because the saint's feast day falls during Ho...

I'm trying to take it easy today, while regrouping with homeschooling and catching up on laundry.... Another Godspell mom told me that ...

We discuss and model three disciplines with our kids during Lent: confession, fasting, and engagement. Confession: We discuss: Why do we nee...

I have a guest blogger today, Amy from Kenosha, who's visited our church plant a few times. She shared with me that her family has dev...

How do you observe Lent in your personal and family life? What traditions do you find most meaningful? What new spiritual disciplines might ...

At church yesterday, it was a special encouragement yesterday to meet Amy--the first Amy who commented on the last post . She had introduce...