January 2, 2021 From Cynthia Aldinger, Founder of LifeWays: Oh my goodness, I feel so full, perhaps overripe, with thoughts and feelings about this post I am offering today. It is meant to be about the Festival of Three Kings celebrated on January 6, which is also the day of Epiphany. My fullness arises from […]
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December 26, 2021 How valuable it is in these short days, threading through empty maple branches, the lacy-needled sugar pines. Its glint off sheets of ice tells the story of Death’s brightness, her bitter cold. We can make do with so little, just the hint of warmth, the slanted light. The way we stand there,
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December 19, 2021 Waiting is often not easy for us. We want to be finished quickly, and see a result immediately. Waiting teaches us to deal with time. Wishes and fantasies hurry ahead into the future. To fulfill them we need time, and we must wait and overcome impatience. -Freya Jaffke, from Advent: Preparation for
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December 12, 2021 From LifeWays’ founder, Cynthia Aldinger: Do you remember the first time you observed or participated in a celebration that transported you toward the land of awe? When my sons were little, I was introduced to the idea of an Advent Garden where children walk a spiral of greenery carrying an unlit candle
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December 5, 2021 Season 5 on the We Nurture podcast is turning out to be our best season yet! We are excited to share links to some recent episodes that are perfect for early childhood parents. You can find all our episodes on Apple podcasts as well as most podcast platforms. Go to our website for
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November 28, 2021 We pause our Living Arts Blog twice a year to share what’s happening at LifeWays and ask for your support. This week, we have a message from our board president, Shanah Ahmadi, and a short video featuring some of the people who have benefitted from LifeWays’ support. Please read the letter and
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November 21, 2021 This week’s Living Arts blog post was written by Yael Raff Peskin, director of KULANU Playgarden. Yael writes: As we head into the darkest time of the year in the northern hemisphere–when days are short and nights are long–many cultures and religions have rituals to celebrate the returning of the light. In
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November 14, 2021 High and blue the sky, Trees are very tall, Wild geese flying, Seem so small. See, on silent wings in flocks they go, Never parting from the single row. We go through the land, Like a wild geese band, Brothers in one flight are we. Clear and dark the night, Stars are
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November 7, 2021 This week’s blog post is from Chinyelu Kunz of WeNurture: Here’s what’s recent on the Stories for Children Podcast Lorenza’s Grandmother A beautiful and tender story about a little girl named Lorenza who dearly misses her grandmother who has crossed the rainbow bridge. One autumn morning, Lorenza was feeling sad because she
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October 31, 2021 Each day, in our farm education program at Paradise Farm in West Bend, WI, every person (adult and child) is given the task of a morning chore. It might be to muck out the sheep and goat pen, to harvest and chop vegetables for our soup, to turn the compost, to haul
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