Lift High the Cross: St. Stephen Goes to Washington, DC By Dirk Maney Processional crosses, torches, colorful banners, jubilation streamers, great hymns of the Church,… Read More »Lift High the Cross: SSPC Teens Participate in National Acolyte Festival
By Rev. Dr. Fritz Ritsch
September 23, 2012
Mark 9:30-37
Here’s something I’ve seen happen in every church I’ve ever served in. Families with children join the church, or start coming back after a long hiatus. They are sitting in the pews with their children. The children get antsy and a bit distracting, as children do. And one of the “long time” members leans over and whispers to the family, “You know, there’s a nursery.”
And as often as not, the family never returns.Read More »Childlike Church in a Grown-Up World
