Posts filed under: Family

Loneliness and Community

By Fr. Peter Farrington We live in an age when each one of us is surrounded by hundreds and thousands of people each day. At school, at work, and in the streets, we are crowded around with others. Even if... Read More

The stories all our children need to read (Summer Reading Recommendations #2 & 3)

By Phoebe Farag Mikhail Read until the end to find out how to receive your FREE guide to helping children love reading, and be entered to win a giveaway copy of Philo, Rose, and the Joy SuperHoly or Trouble at... Read More

Father’s Day Gift Ideas (with a children’s book giveaway!)

By Phoebe Farag Mikhail Read to the end to learn how to enter for a book giveaway of I’ll Carry You by Martha Salama. Father’s Day in the United States is fast approaching, and I hope this gift recommendation list... Read More

The Book to Start Your Summer (Summer Reading Recommendation #1)

By Phoebe Farag Mikhail Read till the end to find out how to win a giveaway copy with a SIGNED BOOKPLATE of Off the Clock by Laura Vanderkam! I have not stopped talking about Laura Vanderkam’s new book Off the... Read More

I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth

By Phoebe Farag Mikhail Today marks the passing of the Very Reverend Fr. Youhanna Guirgis, a spiritual giant and a pillar of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the United States of America. To explain his larger than life influence on... Read More

Circles of Community

I am excited to share this beautifully written guest post today by author Irene Noor. Irene is the author of the novel Yet, Home, the 2017 Being in Community Book of the Year. You can follow her on Facebook here... Read More

Standing up to the bullies

By Phoebe Farag Mikhail Dear teacher: My Wanda will not come to your school anymore. Jake also. Now we move away to big city. No more holler Polack. No more ask why funny name. Plenty of funny names in the... Read More

Where is God’s love when it hurts?

by Phoebe Farag Mikhail Last Wednesday I finished a Valentine craft with my children, reading to them verses about God’s unconditional love for them. Yesterday I had a heart to heart talk with my daughter in the car about why... Read More

Fourteen Days of God’s Unconditional Love – with a free craft printable!

By Phoebe Farag Mikhail Read to the end to learn how to access the free craft printable, to use with all of your loved ones as a reminder of God’s unconditional love! Today we begin the month of February, marked... Read More

Who is on your team? Parenting spiritual children – with two parenting and family book giveaways

by Phoebe Farag Mikhail Last month was the anniversary of the Sandy Hook massacre, a national tragedy that still haunts us, especially parents. Since the day it happened, every time I drop off my children, I give them a hug... Read More