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I will be subbing grade 1 and 2 Sunday School this weekend. The theme is "worship" (personal, family or church) and I'm needing ideas. Do you have any thoughts for me? I will go look at the curriculum, but I'm open to trying things you may have done before with success. Thanks in advance.

I will be subbing grade 1 and 2 Sunday School this weekend. The theme is "worship" (personal, family or church) and I'm needing ideas. Do you have any thoughts for me? I will go look at the curriculum, but I'm open to trying things you may have done before with success. Thanks in advance.

I have been a Christian for a couple of years now and am still in many ways learning to pray and trying to develop a true relationship with God. On New Years Eve my teenaged child, also a Christian, attempted suicide with an overdose. We spent 12 hours in the ER and then she was in hospital for...

On New Year's Eve my teenage daughter took an overdose of over-the-counter pills and then, in compliance to a request from a friend on text, she told us instead of going to bed. She was in hospital for a week. Her psychiatrist says she is not suicidal, but "impulsive". This is a kid who has so...

A work colleague just posted this on his Facebook. He is a self-proclaimed "skeptic" and atheist, former member of a Unitarian Universalist congregation and now looking to start up a local group for skeptics. Today I was checking for references that have Jesus supporting the nastiness of...

I'm reading about stress reduction and meditation is suggested. I haven't meditated before. Prayer has only become natural to me in the last year. Do any of you use prayer for relaxation? If yes, can you please explain it to me? Thanks.

Exodus 12:1-14 NIV - The Passover and the Festival of - Bible Gateway The kings of Egypt were thought to be the earthly embodiment of gods, divine pharaohs. If the gods were happy, nature -- weather and food supply -- would be predictable. If pharaoh did his job, his people would be protected...

Exodus 4-6, Matthew 14:22-36 BibleGateway Reading Plans

What does the Bible tell us about food, exercise and our health. Gluttony is a sin, right? But so many of us -- me included -- struggle with our weight and don't care for us the way our doctors tell us we should. What does God tell us? What does His word on the subject mean to you in your life?

I need help to make a prayerful decision. When our priest announced a couple of weeks ago that there was a shortage of Sunday school teachers for this year I inquired. I have never taught Sunday school before and my children were irregular attendees. I did not attend as a child, either. An email...

This is a thought-provoking blog You can’t make this up | The Christian Century The main point of it is that being spiritual but not religious is not good enough for God. Sometimes we are too lazy to go to church to charitably respond to our neighbours as Jesus told us to do. A personal...

I do not have a formal leadership role in my church. My children are in high school and very involved in youth group. One goes to church and is a server, the others "don't feel like it" very often anymore. One thing I've noticed is that the kids are bringing their friends to Youth Group. Our...

I have been attending and Anglican Church of Canada for 10 years. I am trying to get my head around what makes me and my church "Anglican" versus "just Christian". I *think* -- MJK? -- that my church believes in apostolic succession, but I am not certain of what that means to me as a member and...

Some of you will remember that I am a 10-year Anglican church-goer, but new in the pursuit of a relationship with God. A few of my much older and wiser friends have suggested that I read Brother Lawrence's "The Practice of the Presence of God". Free Online Text: The Practice of the Presence of...

I've been attending the same Anglican church for 10 years and I don't understand the difference between the terms "high church" or "low church". I also have no clue if my church is "liberal" or "conservative". Help me clarify the differences. I assume that if I attended a different church that I...

About a dozen members of my church community meet mid-week for fellowship and to discuss the sermon and the scriptures. A married couple who are a psychologist/counsellor and the other a university professor of modern languages always develops the discussion questions. We take turns hosting in...

1 Peter 2:19-25 - Passage[bless and do not curse]Lookup - New International Version - BibleGateway.com 19 For it is commendable if someone bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because they are conscious of God. 20 But how is it to your credit if you receive a beating for doing wrong and...

Should we believe that what God did in Biblical times is what he can do for people today or should we believe that Jesus was here as the sinless human example and was supposed to rise again, leaving his mission to others?

Did God come to earth as the human Jesus or was Jesus fully separate from God, the sinless son? Is there equality or deference within the trinity? I'm a bit confused.

I have not read this book but this is the Lenten book study choice at our church and so members of my Bible study are talking about it. I've just watched several interviews with the author on Youtube. Based on the author's own words in these interviews, I think the jist of this fictional...