A Sacramental Life — Tamara Hill Murphy

Tamara Hill Murphy

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My top 4 parenting epiphanies, or My Child is Not My Property but My Guest

My top 4 parenting epiphanies, or My Child is Not My Property but My Guest

Family, WritingTamara Hill MurphyAugust 30, 2014Alex, Andrew, Brian, Kendra, Natalie, grief, hospitality, parenting unrehearsed, parenting Comments

What I'd Like My Son to Say to Me on His 23rd Birthday

Family, WritingTamara Hill MurphyAugust 21, 2014Andrew, family, forgiveness, parenting Comment

We belong to that one over there and isn't she marvelous?

Family, WritingTamara Hill MurphyJune 17, 2014Kendra, finding Tamara, parenting, tiny stories Comments

I do not know the trick to conjure Pentecost flames

I do not know the trick to conjure Pentecost flames

Writing, Calling Stories, PentecostTamara Hill MurphyJune 8, 2014links, liturgical art, pentecost, poetry, visual art, writing

A stream of consciousness post about shalom found in flat tires and graduation parties and daughter's tears and getting stranded and becoming a priest's wife and messy, broken love

Family, Writing, Wholeness & Healing, ChurchTamara Hill MurphyJune 1, 2014Brian, Christ Church, Church, community, finding Tamara, marriage, parenting, prayer Comments

A Chronology of Paying Attention (18): winning the Brian Murphy lottery

Family, WritingTamara Hill MurphyMay 20, 2014Brian, See Sacrament, chronology, marriage, paying attention, poetry, writing

A Chronology of Paying Attention (16): my family line of honeymoon babies

Family, Writing, Wholeness & HealingTamara Hill MurphyMay 7, 2014chronology, marriage, parenting, paying attention, writing

for my sister Alicia on her birthday

WritingTamara Hill MurphyApril 8, 2014alicia, family, poetry, writing

Parenting Unrehearsed (8): Why we send our kids to a [broken] public school

Family, Spiritual Practices, WritingTamara Hill MurphyNovember 16, 2013community, disciplines, family, parenting unrehearsed Comments

for my sister Kaley on her birthday

WritingTamara Hill MurphyNovember 6, 2013kaley, poetry, writing Comments

for my brother Todd on his birthday

WritingTamara Hill MurphyOctober 19, 2013family, poetry, writing Comment

What I'd Like My Son to Say About Me on His 22nd Birthday

WritingTamara Hill MurphyAugust 21, 2013Andrew, forgiveness, parenting, poetry, writing Comments

a poem for my husband on his forty-third birthday

WritingTamara Hill MurphyJune 18, 2013Brian, poetry Comments

a poem for my daddy on Father's Day

WritingTamara Hill MurphyJune 16, 2013family, finding Tamara, poetry

This one's for you [Ryan]

WritingTamara Hill MurphyMay 26, 2013family, poetry, writing

a poem and a playlist for my dear momma

WritingTamara Hill MurphyMay 12, 2013finding Tamara, mom, music, playlist, poetry, writing

On Becoming Anglican

On Becoming Anglican

Writing, On Becoming Anglican, ChurchTamara Hill MurphyMarch 7, 2013Christ Church, Church, On Becoming Anglican, finding Tamara, liturgy Comments

Parenting Unrehearsed: Family liturgies for Christmas and my mama's rule for feasting

Parenting Unrehearsed: Family liturgies for Christmas and my mama's rule for feasting

Christmas, Spiritual Practices, Family, WritingTamara Hill MurphyJanuary 25, 2013Christmas, church calendar, liturgy, parenting unrehearsed

Parenting Unrehearsed: Family liturgies for Advent and a confession from an exhausted Dad at Christmas

Parenting Unrehearsed: Family liturgies for Advent and a confession from an exhausted Dad at Christmas

Advent, Family, Writing, ChristmasTamara Hill MurphyDecember 9, 2012Brian, advent, links, liturgy, parenting unrehearsed Comments

Parenting Unrehearsed: How to keep your kids from spending too much time at church

Family, Spiritual Practices, WritingTamara Hill MurphyDecember 1, 2012creators and cultivators, parenting unrehearsed Comment