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Author: Hal Hamilton

Palm Sunday: Making Sense of Sacraments for 6th graders

A few years ago we added the 6th graders and their families to our special infant baptism service mid-afternoon on Palm Sunday. In their confirmation class in the weeks prior, we explain that baptism is an act of God through the grace offered by our Lord Jesus Christ and through the power of the Holy Spirit, and then we invite them to experience it in a new way.

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9 Ways to Get Teens to Talk

Instructions can introduce a new concept, can help our actions align with a goal, or even give us the confidence to put into practice the knowledge that is already in us. With one eye toward generating conversation in small groups, these are the ABCs we use for getting teens to talk.

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The Good Side of College Gameday and #carelesshashtags

As half of America and all of Oklahoma now knows, this past weekend Austin Buchanan, a Junior at Oklahoma State, prepared for the upcoming game with the Florida State Seminoles by tweeting a picture of himself behind a banner. In a surreal moment longed for by every college fan holding a sign on the big day, ESPN’s College Gameday picked it up and the tweet went viral.

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