Stomp the Snake: The Prayer of St. Ephraim for Sunday School

Teaching the Prayer of St. Ephraim this Lent It’s almost Lent, that time of year when we are called to…

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We Give Each Other Crowns

Last summer and early autumn, I traveled to give several workshops and talks. I was teaching people about Accessible Church…

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Church Bag Refresh: Older Kids and Teens Edition

My older autistic child needs to wiggle and gets overwhelmed in church! Do you have any advice? I’m glad you…

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Exalting the Valley of Accessibility

Welcome! I’m Summer Kinard, author of Of Such is the Kingdom: A Practical Theology of Disability. This post provides supporting…

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Updated! Visual Schedule for the Mass of St. Gregory the Great

This spring, we began attending our local Western Rite Orthodox Church, where the Divine Liturgy of St. Gregory is celebrated.…

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New and improved: Visual Schedule for the Orthodox Divine Liturgy

We’ve used the original visual schedule almost every week for the past three years to help my children participate in…

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Prayer Book With Visual Prayers

One of the ways to invite families into praying together is to keep things simple and accessible. This set of…

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