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What we’re doing this Advent: 6 households share their plans and traditions
Wow. I asked around to see what people are planning for Advent this year, and look what I got! Lego! Candles! Chocolate coins in shoes! I have spent the evening wrangling a non-sleeping baby (very...
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Advent with Kids: Get Yourselves a Christmas@Home Family Activity Booklet
This is excellent, peeps! The wise and hard-working women at New Zealand Baptist Children and Family Ministries have produced a fantastic Advent resource for families to use through December at home....
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Free, Full Lives: How Can We Each Make a Difference in Myanmar?
I remember when I first read a report of how women and girls were suffering under the Taliban in pre-9/11 Afghanistan. I think I was about sixteen. Widows were starving – literally dying of hunger –...
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Lent with Kids: How to Create a Household Lent Plan
We’re spoilt by the church calendar at this time of year! We’ve just had four weeks of candle-lighting at Advent, culminating, in our household, with this delightful moment on Christmas Day: Now...
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12 Reasons to Welcome Kids in Church + Tips for Actually Doing It
Sure, kids don’t belong everywhere. They’re not a symphony orchestra’s target audience (except when they are). The tense whispers of snooker commentators suggest that toddlers wouldn’t be welcome at...
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Shrove Tuesday: How to host a low-stress, community-building Pancake Party
Pancakes are political Would you like to know your neighbours better? Do you like delicious food? Do you want to change the world, one small action of kindness at a time? Well, do I have the festival...
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9 Ways to Give Thanks or ‘Say Grace’ at Mealtimes
An earlier version of this article appeared in my column at Kiwi Families. What are mealtimes like at your place? Do you have family ways of serving, eating or talking together? Would you like some...
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Three New Advent Resources for Kids and Adults
Advent is on its way! In 2017 it begins on Sunday 3 December (though lots of Advent resources will begin on 1 December as they do every year, regardless of the calendar). Most of my Advent resources –...
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The Star: heartwarming Nativity or violent, sexist missed opportunity?
Has anyone been wondering about seeing The Star with kids? It’s a new animated Nativity story, with lots of Hollywood voice talent, and some funny moments. It’s also stuck in the 1980s when it comes...
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Just a Little Lent
Just in case you are under the impression that I, the Self-Appointed Patron Saint of Lent Resources for Kids, am currently utterly absorbed in meaningful, transformative Lenten practices with my small...
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