Wonderful in an Easter kind of way

This phrase is from the Godly Play® lesson about the Holy Family, written by Jerome W. Berryman. It says that the Christ Child grew up to be a man and died on the cross. That is very sad, but it is also wonderful, in an Easter kind of way. Now... he is everywhere, and in every time.

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04 June 2013

the parable of the Great Pearl

Warning: spoilers ahead. If you haven't had the Parable of the Great Pearl presented to you by a Godly Play storyteller, and you think ...

22 November 2012

experience it for yourself

Here's an invitation I came across recently: This week we will be experiencing something called Godly Play . I can't really expla...

02 August 2012

children in church - advice for grown-ups

Earlier this week I wrote some advice for parents who bring their children to our Play and Pray area in church. In the weeks since we'v...

25 July 2012

Guest Post: Chameleon Godly Play

(aka Adjusting Godly Play to Fit the Context!) Sheila, who blogs at Explore and Express , has been a guest blogger here before. I think w...

10 May 2012

Eastertide Guest Post: on the Emmaus Road

Featherglen came up trumps for our (Sheila's and my) Eastertide Guest Post series with not one but two blog posts. I introduced her in ...

29 February 2012

Lenten link-up update

We're a week into Lent, and a week into the Lenten link-up that I am co-hosting with Sheila . She's now made us a "button"...

21 December 2011

advent art, part 4

It was a rush to get the collage ready for 4th Advent. I wasn't yet finished when stf came to collect me for Junior Church, so I broug...

20 December 2011

advent art, part 3

By the third week in Advent, a good deal more of the picture had taken shape. At least one child was pretty sure that this was go...

19 December 2011

advent art, part 2

(continued from yesterday ) Another problem with my art idea was that I wanted the children to be surprised by the end result. This meant ...

19 October 2011

learning liturgy

Sunday was Fr R's last service with us before moving away. I didn't want to miss it, and I didn't want the children to miss it. ...

20 August 2011

Being Present with the Invisible

Auguste Deter (first documented case of Alzheimer's Disease). I'm off to start my ministry training with an orientation and summ...

03 August 2011

Godly time

One of the ideas that Godly Play has opened up for me is that we can be with God in play, and in "just being". I don't suggest...

24 May 2011

guest post: remembering a parable

Written by see-through faith on 23 May Saturday was our wedding anniversary. 23 years. We woke up together but spent the morning apart....

21 May 2011

Godly Play morning for (almost) all ages

Thank you, Leslie, for writing words of encouragement after my last post (about plans for today's Godly Play event), and also to my moth...

19 May 2011

upcoming event

Here's a copy of an invitation email that went out to our congregation this week: Dear Church Family, As many of you know from Sun...

25 April 2011

Faces of Easter (Easter Day)

For our congregation, the last Sunday of the month is "family service" - a communion service abridged for children, with a sermon ...

04 April 2011

Faces of Easter (Lent 4)

Lots of folks visiting the blog lately have come via Google searches for "Faces of Easter". So I thought I'd write a longer po...

13 March 2011

help, encouragement, and support

[written on 8 March; scheduled for automatic posting on 13 March] Today, Lord willing, my usual helper, see-through faith , will have taken...

02 March 2011

Boxing Day

[This is the last in a series of posts about our first Godly Play sessions, last December, in my own house.] Christmas Day last year fell ...

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