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Family Night Join us for a family spaghetti supper, along with workshops and activities for all ages. Come meet or reconnect with other Christ Church families as we kick off a new school and program year at Christ Church. You must RSVP with Rev. Leslie Houseworth-Fields at leslie@christchurchnyc.org.
March came in with its blizzard more like a polar bear than a lion, but it left like the lamb of the Palm/Passion/Easter story. Spring and Easter always coincide and are represented by all kinds of new, infant life: baby bunnies, chicks, ducks, and yes, this year, April brings a baby giraffe. Back in February,⦠Read More
Yesterday was All Saint’s Day and a week from Election Day. It’s hard to believe that by this time next week, we will (presumably) have elected the person who will serve as the 45th POTUS. Some astonishing descriptions of both candidates have been hurled around and “saint” was not one of them. Interestingly, the “character” factor has not included any baseline⦠Read More
I don’t know if there is a parent on earth who doesn’t sometimes imagine their child’s future self. When they’re little, I think our hopes for them are fairly general, basic, and more immediate, like hoping they will sleep through the night, or reach developmental milestones on target. Then we begin thinking about emotional health⦠Read More
A couple of years ago, I read some articles about the consequences of the lack of failure and grit in students’ character. The authors suggest that students who face adversity and persevere through it tend to be more likely to continue to succeed in school and beyond. And now, some schools include “character training” in their curriculum. Today I read a bitterly cynical⦠Read More
Not much would have to be changed in this week’s lectionary themes to make them entirely relevant to our world and culture today. Imagine that. Jeremiah lived 700± years before Jesus! And even though leprosy isn’t part of our daily vocabulary, prejudice is. Luke’s gospel about Jesus and the 10 marginalized lepers and the one grateful⦠Read More
This Sunday is World Communion Sunday. In our 9:00 a.m. Family Worship and at 11:00 a.m., our story of the Good Shepherd demonstrates World Communion. The Good Shepherd leads his flock to their “table” in the good green grass. When we gather around the table of the Good Shepherd, sometimes we use different names or figures to remind us who⦠Read More
“Oh God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come…” If you were reared in a mainline Protestant church, you are probably familiar with this hymn. The lyrics are based on Psalm 90 and were written in the 18th Century. The melody is a bit lugubrious in my opinion, and I had never⦠Read More
80+ years after first being published, the children’s books of Margaret Wise Brown continue to top a lot of nursery shelves and libraries. Already, four or more generations of parents and children share memories of searching for the mouse in the pages of Goodnight Moon. And before I became a parent I remember reading The Runaway Bunny to a class of preschoolers⦠Read More
Now that we have passed the mid-point in August, I wonder if those of you with school children are beginning to feel the dynamic pull toward something new. I remember the last sweet days before my son’s first day of pre-school. We made a point of taking spontaneous family day trips and little NY adventures:⦠Read More