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rel="bookmark">Continue Reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Cultivating Belonging in Worship for Trans, Disabled, and Other Marginalized Persons</span></a></p></div></div></article> 827</div></div> 828 829 830<div class="wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex"> 831<div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://buildfaith.org/blog/">FIND More Recent ARticles</a></div> 832</div> 833 834 835 836<div style="height:15px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> 837</div></div></div> 838 839 840 841<div class="wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-container is-style-angled-un
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post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-creation-care category-creation-care-popular category-prayer category-worship-liturgy tag-climate tag-climate-justice tag-creation tag-creatures tag-ecology tag-environment tag-nature tag-prayers tag-psalms tag-season-of-creation entry"><div class="gb-block-post-grid-image"><a href="https://buildfaith.org/prayers-and-psalms-for-the-season-of-creation/" rel="bookmark" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="520" height="650" src="https://buildfaith.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/featured-image-Prayers-and-Psalms-for-the-Season-of-Creation-article-520x650.jpg" class="attachment-featured-blog size-featured-blog" alt="Underwater view of coral and other sea life in various colors" /></a></div><div class="gb-block-post-grid-text"><header class="gb-block-post-grid-header"><h3 class="gb-block-post-grid-title"><a 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category-ordinary-time category-service-outreach category-service-outreach-popular category-stewardship tag-advocacy tag-climate tag-climate-emergency tag-climate-justice tag-creation tag-creation-care tag-diocese tag-earth-day tag-environment tag-sustainability entry"><div class="gb-block-post-grid-image"><a href="https://buildfaith.org/earth-keepers/" rel="bookmark" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="520" height="650" src="https://buildfaith.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/featured-image-Earth-Keepers-article-520x650.jpg" class="attachment-featured-blog size-featured-blog" alt="Close-up of a monarch butterfly on a coneflower" /></a></div><div class="gb-block-post-grid-text"><header class="gb-block-post-grid-header"><h3 class="gb-block-post-grid-title"><a href="https://buildfaith.org/earth-keepers/" rel="bookmark">Advancing Creation Care and Climate Justice with Earth Keepers</a></h3><div class="gb-block-post-grid-byline"><div 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style="height:45px"/></div> 883 884 885<section class="gb-block-post-grid featuredpost aligncenter"><div class="gb-post-grid-items is-grid columns-4"><article id="post-43883" class="gb-post-grid-item post-43883 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-advent category-advent-popular category-christmas category-christmas-formation tag-activities tag-adults tag-books tag-children tag-curriculum tag-devotionals tag-families tag-intergenerational tag-resources tag-youth entry"><div class="gb-block-post-grid-image"><a href="https://buildfaith.org/new-and-recent-formation-resources-for-advent/" rel="bookmark" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="520" height="650" src="https://buildfaith.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/featured-image-New-and-Recent-Formation-Resources-for-Advent-520x650.jpg" class="attachment-featured-blog size-featured-blog" alt="Close-up of evergreens gathered into a wreath with a bundle of red berries 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class="gb-post-grid-item post-44134 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-advent category-advent-popular category-home-practices tag-advent-wreath tag-anticipation tag-intergenerational tag-liturgy tag-resource tag-waiting entry"><div class="gb-block-post-grid-image"><a href="https://buildfaith.org/sacredness-of-waiting-advent-reflection-with-liturgy/" rel="bookmark" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="520" height="650" src="https://buildfaith.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/featured-image-The-Sacredness-of-the-Waiting-article-520x650.jpg" class="attachment-featured-blog size-featured-blog" alt="Close-up of lit purple candle in front of a blurred unlit purple candle and a dark blue background" /></a></div><div class="gb-block-post-grid-text"><header class="gb-block-post-grid-header"><h3 class="gb-block-post-grid-title"><a href="https://buildfaith.org/sacredness-of-waiting-advent-reflection-with-liturgy/" 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1085<script id="react-dom-js" src="https://buildfaith.org/wp-includes/js/dist/vendor/react-dom.min.js?ver=18.3.1.1"></script>
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