Hello!
I’m Keeley. And I want to help you help your kids grow up to have a faith that lasts through all the hard times.
With my Masters of Divinity, over 14 years teaching, being a priest/pastor’s wife, and mom of 3 littles, I have personally dealt with my own childhood faith being tested and I've seen what works to guide your kids into a lasting faith.
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How can you be building habits to raise lifelong believers without having to have it all figured out in advance? If you're struggling to know how to get consistent sharing Jesus with your child, this is the post for you.
Introduction
The sad reality is that nearly 2/3 of kids (64%) raised in ...
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Going meatless on Fridays in Lent is an excellent opportunity to teach your kids about and demonstrate your faith.
Knowing Christ
Desire for Our Kids to Know Christ
We all long for our kids to grow up and know Jesus. But we struggle with how to live out our faith in a way that is winsome ...
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Lent for Protestants
I love the practice of Lent. When it was first introduced to me years ago as something Protestants could participate in, I was at first dubious, but I've since see the benefits of both participating in Lent but also of adding a spiritual discipline for Lent.
In the past, ...
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The Challenges of Worshipping in a Pandemic
This pandemic has really thrown the body of Christ, his church, a curve ball when it comes to worshiping God and finding things to do in Lent. It’s hard to carry out our “normal” spiritual practices.
As Lent approaches, we face a new hurdle.
Many ...
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I stay up late at night, thinking that by being awake when everyone else is asleep, I'm somehow keeping my family safe.
It's a lie, and yet I feed it to myself every night.
It's a pandemic unlike anything most of us have ever experienced. ...
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Suffering is hard.
Suffering is hard. We are all going through something.
But suffering is suffering. And it's hard on everyone. And everyone experiences it in different ways. Your suffering is real and does not need to be compared to anyone else's suffering. What we are all going through is ...
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Hey friends! When I can't sleep at night, and my mind is racing, this one thing has the ability to calm my mind and bring me to a place of peace and rest.
I've been doing it since seminary, over 10 years now. Back then, I had insomnia-induced depression from a bad relationship (that's another ...
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Finding Time for God is Hard
I'll admit it, it's hard for me to find time for God. Really, it's hard for me to make time for God.
I know I have to make it a priority, but I feel like I'm barely making it through most days. Of course, I know I'd make it better through most days if I made time ...
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A Powerful King Becomes a Peasant
The well-known Danish philosopher, Søren Kierkegaard, liked telling the story of a king who is very powerful and rich. In fact, the king’s power is known throughout the world. But he is an unhappy man, for he is deprived of the one thing he desires most, a ...
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I've had a hard time getting back into daily scripture reading since having kids several years ago.
The past few Lents and Advents I've done daily devotionals with supporting verses (The Benefits of Using a Bible App). While it was what I needed at the time, this past year I wanted to go ...
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A Little Irreverent Humor
Ok, being an Episcopal priest doesn’t exempt me from irreverence. For the past five years I’ve been the priest at my parish’s 7:15am Ash Wednesday service. The Psalm always read at the service is Psalm 103.
Psalm 103:14 reads, “For [God] himself knows whereof we are ...
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For those who don't know it, I took a huge step of faith at Easter of 2014; I joined the Episcopal Church. This is my story of being an evangelical on the Canterbury Trail, as some call it.
Some of you may think I'm crazy, others will surely think I've gone off the deep end, others will ...
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