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A word from our Children’s Director, Sarah Stone: “Our routines become who we are, become the story and the culture of our families.” – Justin Whitmel Earley Our children love the routines we love, our liturgies. It’s true at home – family movie nights, burgers on Fridays, bedtime songs. And it’s true in our Sunday…

from Father Al…. Lent always recalls Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness (Matthew 4:1–10). Reflecting on this, Henri Nouwen reframes the temptations Jesus faced as the desire to be relevant, spectacular, and powerful — reminding us that these are not vocations, but temptations; not steps toward virtue, but stumbling blocks into vice. He offers three simple…