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A Gaggle of Godparents
Detail from the ‘Baptism Window’ at St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, created by Len R Howard Is the role of godparent archaic, pointless, essential, a lottery,...
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Single #1
I was single before I was married. That’s less obvious than it sounds, given the number of people who marry their high school sweethearts or have a number of relationships throughout their twenties...
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Making Room #2: Blighty and Back
Sleeping in 22 different bedrooms in ten months: not bad for a baby, right? Our baby, SBJ, has slept overnight in 22 different places as we’ve been on the move around New Zealand and around the world....
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Single #2: Being Single-Friendly
Almost all of us will spend some of our adult lives single, but when we do we’ll be in a sometimes uncomfortable minority. There are some brilliant things about the single life and some challenges we...
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The Best Is Now: One Year Old!
Today Sweet Baby James turns one, and we need to think of a new nickname for him. Here are some of the things we love about having a one-year-old. He can make friends on footpaths and in shops any day...
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Single #4: Auntie and Uncle update
In Steve Biddulph‘s new book, Raising Girls, he apparently calls for an army of aunts to take their place in helping parents to raise resilient young women in a difficult era. The Guardian reports: It...
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God, Kids and Parents: Call for Questions
You may have spotted Michael/SKATERAK’s comment on Tim’s first Not Only A Father post. It reads: This will definitely be an interesting series. Thanks for whetting my appetite already. Is there any...
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The Sacrament of Breastfeeding #2: Sung and Suckled Eucharist
The Quire of Canterbury Cathedral, with the altar at the far end. ‘That’s going straight to the blog!’ Miriam predicted as we walked out of the church service on Sunday. We had the lucky experience of...
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God, Kids and Parents: My Eighty-Two Cents
In case you missed the biggest news of the (/my) blogosphere last week, I have a guest post up at the glorious Lulastic and the Hippyshake. It’s an exciting week for this fangirl! She’s running a...
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Advent with Kids: 76 (or so) Ideas for Getting Ready for Advent
Yay! Advent is my favourite season in the church calendar, and it’s almost here! Actually, Lent was pretty cool this year, too, with our superduper Lent with Kids series, but the inspiration for that...
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