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Thanksgiving Is No Less Holy a Holiday

Cokesbury Commons November 16, 2018

Give Christmas its due, but Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. In fact, I find it very unbecoming that we seem to skip over Thanksgiving for Christmas year after year. As stores put away the Halloween decorations and candy on November …

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Make Your Fall Harvest Festival a Community Outreach

Cokesbury Commons October 18, 2018

For many faith communities, the Fall Harvest Festival is the highlight of the crispy autumn season and a nice prelude into Thanksgiving and Advent. Who doesn’t love sweaters, flannel, bonfires, and s’mores? Well, if you think about it that way, …

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Why not a Back-to-School Sunday?

Cokesbury Commons August 16, 2018

Another summer is closing as the new school year is here. Why not mark this transition by having a special Back-to-School Sunday? Your Back-to-School Sunday can be a poignant time in asking the congregation to partner with families to bless …

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Four Ways to End Summer with a Bang

Cokesbury Commons July 26, 2018

It’s that time of year we never see coming—the dog days of summer. It’s the in-between time—between all our summer fun and school returning. All the VBS props are packed away and the committee won’t meet again for months. All …

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Women of the Bible: Pilate’s Wife and Jesus’ Women Supporters

Cokesbury Commons March 30, 2018

In honor of Women’s History Month, we’re highlighting significant named and unnamed women of the Bible. The CEB Women’s Bible provides helpful indexes of all these named and unnamed women as well as over 140 insightful profiles. Written by female pastors, …

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Women of the Bible: Job’ Wife

Cokesbury Commons March 29, 2018

In honor of Women’s History Month, we’re highlighting significant named and unnamed women of the Bible. The CEB Women’s Bible provides helpful indexes of all these named and unnamed women as well as over 140 insightful profiles. Written by female pastors, …

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Women of the Bible: Esther

Cokesbury Commons March 28, 2018

In honor of Women’s History Month, we’re highlighting significant named and unnamed women of the Bible. The CEB Women’s Bible provides helpful indexes of all these named and unnamed women as well as over 140 insightful profiles. Written by female pastors, …

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Women of the Bible: Deborah

Cokesbury Commons March 27, 2018

In honor of Women’s History Month, we’re highlighting significant named and unnamed women of the Bible. The CEB Women’s Bible provides helpful indexes of all these named and unnamed women as well as over 140 insightful profiles. Written by female pastors, …

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Women of the Bible: Miriam and Pharaoh’s Daughter

Cokesbury Commons March 26, 2018

In honor of Women’s History Month, we’re highlighting significant named and unnamed women of the Bible. The CEB Women’s Bible provides helpful indexes of all these named and unnamed women as well as over 140 insightful profiles. Written by female pastors, …

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Five Books That Will Change the Way You Pray in 2018

Cokesbury Commons February 2, 2018

One month in, this is the point in the new year where we begin to realize how committed we actually are to our resolutions. How many of us told ourselves on January 1st that this is the year we will …

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