tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3662620313858760623.post1919014331659633838..comments2023-07-08T07:31:20.813-05:00Comments on The Church Year in the Home: LentKatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00238246037896274014noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3662620313858760623.post-47858749369481572732012-02-27T17:42:05.026-06:002012-02-27T17:42:05.026-06:00Thank you so much! My husband has wanted to do thi...Thank you so much! My husband has wanted to do this for a while, so he is very excited that I'm interested and on board. Yes, coming from American Evangelicalism, one tends to think of "traditions" as bad (as if A.E. wasn't full of its own). I'm very thankful to have ones with a firm history in the church rooted in, as you say, Christ and his atonement for our sins! I'll check out those links. Thanks for your help!Jujubee https://www.blogger.com/profile/10581318354893314926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3662620313858760623.post-19899489503548697872012-02-27T14:34:09.031-06:002012-02-27T14:34:09.031-06:00Emily, structure pretty much only happens around m...Emily, structure pretty much only happens around meals and bedtime around here, so I keep attaching prayers and memory work to those events. Right now we try to pray Morning Prayer + "The eyes of all.." + Luther's Table Blessing + Come, Lord Jesus before breakfast. But my 2 year old can only wait so long before digging in! <br /><br />Julia, Welcome! I, too, am a convert. Praise God, all these Lutheran traditions and practices always point to Christ and his atonement for our sins. Always. Re: family altars, some families have a little spot in their house set aside for prayer, reading, and hymn-singing. Ours is on top of our piano, with a crucifix, candle, alms bowl, hymnal and prayer book. I try to keep seasonal flowers on it, too. At Christmas we put a creche on the altar, and at Easter an Empty Tomb scene. I have not written a whole entry on family altars, but there's a little blurb about them here:<br /><br />http://churchyearinthehome.blogspot.com/2011/01/marking-seasons.html<br /><br />And here are some pictures of altars:<br /><br />http://weedon.blogspot.com/2011/11/and-when-its-been-busy-and-harried-day.html<br /><br />http://www.kellyklages.com/discussion/?p=24<br /><br />http://hale.blogdns.net/wordpress/?p=7540#more-7540Katyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00238246037896274014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3662620313858760623.post-86671850032282500612012-02-27T13:14:09.449-06:002012-02-27T13:14:09.449-06:00Also, I noticed you requested pics of family altar...Also, I noticed you requested pics of family altars. Is there any information on your site (I searched but couldn't find it) about the family altar? If not, are there any sites that you recommend? Thank you!Jujubee https://www.blogger.com/profile/10581318354893314926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3662620313858760623.post-91790659430029880942012-02-27T13:03:22.876-06:002012-02-27T13:03:22.876-06:00Thank you for the suggestions! Our family has rece...Thank you for the suggestions! Our family has recently become Lutheran and want to embrace all that it is. Sometimes it's hard to know exactly what that entails, but your blog (and others like it) has been really helpful! Blessings. <br />~ JuliaJujubee https://www.blogger.com/profile/10581318354893314926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3662620313858760623.post-87495202827547465232012-02-23T09:51:44.610-06:002012-02-23T09:51:44.610-06:00This is great! I have been thinking lately about w...This is great! I have been thinking lately about what we will be doing for lent... I see lent as a great time for interrupting our "normal" habits, routines, etc, to refocus on Christ and what is important!<br /><br />As an aside.. we finally got the morning prayer down, in part because this fall I realized that I could sneak out of the house while the littles were in front of the TV and snuggle the big ones on the porch as they waited for a ride to school- perfect time for morning prayer! Now that it's cold we do it in the doorway and the littles have picked it up too!<br /><br />(I have a very hard time trying to do these things in a structured way.. if I can work them into our 'on the fly' routines, they are more likely to get done!)Emily Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12014196267197823268noreply@blogger.com