Bringing up children

Join the Family That is Waiting for You

20 July 2011

It was during these college years that some of my camp friends began to lose interest in the church. I watched many of them dwindle away. Their parents and priests couldn’t or didn’t know how to ...

Dealing with the Less than Obvious

23 June 2011

Wendy Cwiklinski

Unlike cerebral palsy or Down syndrome, these physical challenges are only visible through their symptoms, usually manifested in a child’s behavior. It is easy to stand by and think or say, “If only ...

Children and Church

04 April 2011

Protopresbyter Alexander Schmemann

It seems to me that the choice of Sunday for church school is not a very good one. Sunday is primarily a liturgical day; therefore, it should be Church-centered and Liturgy-centered. It would be far ...

Multiply Blessed and Fully Alive: To Grow in Faith is to Glorify God “Multiple Intelligence Theory” and Learning in the Orthodox Church

13 August 2010

Stephania Gianulis

Parenthood itself is a vocation that glorifies God. Like God the Father and Vinedresser (John 1:15), you can nurture and cultivate the traits in which you see your children growing and thriving. When ...

Summer Camp + You = A Lifetime of Memories!

02 June 2010

Lori A. Kochan and Reader Basil Kochan

Over the years many people have written articles of their experiences of summer camp with many coming to the same conclusion, “What would we do without our camp friends and memories?” Now is the time ...

The Challenge of Raising Children in the 21st Century

09 May 2010

Priest Alexis Miller

In the Orthodox Church we often use the expression that the home should be like "a little church." In Romania, a country the size of the state of Pennsylvania with over 500 monasteries, ...

Why we should Let Kids be Kids! Delighting in the Gift of Childhood

09 March 2010

admin

A few months ago, a parishioner told me about a neighbor who would no longer allow her daughter to play with hers because she discovered that they had been playing hospital. Since they weren’t really ...

A Final Word on Parenting for Faith

11 February 2010

Priest Richard Rene

In the past couple of weeks, I have shared some reflections on how we can offer our children a sound and living example of faith, one that they may readily choose to follow in their own adult lives ...

More on Parenting for Faith

08 February 2010

Priest Richard Rene

As parents, this means that the most powerful witness of our faith will depend on whether or not we have the humility and the courage to “get up” by repenting of our mistakes in the presence of our ...

Parents of Faith

01 February 2010

Priest Richard Rene

One of the biggest mistakes that Christian parents often make is to confuse catechism for education. We begin with the externals. Isn’t there a book I can read and teach to my kids? Isn’t there a ...

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