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Why You Should Study Church History (And Not Idolize It)

Why should we care about the Christians who came before us? Why should we study church history? We don’t want to idolize the saints of the past—or discount them. We study church history to be encouraged by the great cloud of witnesses, while we press on to the true goal of the Christian faith: Jesus.
How to Celebrate Lent as a Protestant

The season of Lent is a time in the Church Calendar to observe a period of preparation before the joyous season of Easter. Lent reminds us of the beauty of self-denial and obedience as we await our future resurrection. Today, we’ll talk about how to celebrate Lent as a Protestant. This is a beautiful tradition…
How to Reorient Your Year Around God: Celebrating the Church Calendar

In this post, we talk about why it is so important to orient your year around a calendar that prioritizes God. Then, we talk about why the church calendar helps to focus our year on worshipping God through its holidays and traditions. Finally, we break down the different parts of the church calendar.
5 Christmas Traditions All About Books & Reading

We’ve been talking about the importance of traditions and reading on the podcast in the past few weeks. Today, we are combining those themes and focusing on great Christmas traditions that are all about reading.
How Traditions Cultivate Your Faith and Disciple Your Family

We are going to be discussing why traditions are necessary to cultivate your faith, your family, and your well-being. We are going to look at how modernity seemed to downplay the importance of traditions, and how traditions really are vital for our own spiritual and relational growth. We talk about how to start creating traditions…