
Faith
[This post was written back in March of 2020. You remember that surreal time in our collective life? Well, even though this post was born out of my attempts to salvage the spirit of the holiday, I hope you will still find some helpful thoughts throughout! - E)
We are just a few days away from the strangest Easter we’ll (hopefully) ever experience. No church service where everyone is dressed up. No community egg hunts. No visits with the Easter Bunny. So, I’m trying to figure out how I can make sure Easter doesn’t feel like just another day in isolation. How can we make the best of a bad situation? I’m so glad you asked! Here are my ideas from my tiny corner of the world – my neighborhood, my family, & in my own heart…
Our neighborhood is small with a gossipy, I mean, active Facebook group. (Probably once a week there is a post about either gunshots or missing cats or the lights flickering!) The positive of this is that they’ve been coordinating different activities to entertain the kids.
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![]() | The Donkey Who Carried a King By R.C. Sproul / Reformation Trust Publishing Give kids a unique perspective on the events of Jesus' Passion Week with this illustrated story by R.C. Sproul, The Donkey Who Carried a King. Davey was a young donkey who never had anything to do . . . until one day some strangers arrived and Davey was given a very special task: to carry the King, Jesus, into Jerusalem. Davey sees things that he doesn't understand, until another donkey helps him see that the King is willingly a Servant on behalf of His people. |
All the days are blending together, so how can I prepare my heart to celebrate Christ’s resurrection?
And looking up, they saw that the stone had been rolled back—it was very large. And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were alarmed. And he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here. See the place where they laid him.
How are you planning to make Easter special this year? Any ideas for how we can reach out to our community? The essential workers? Give me more ideas in the comments – I’ve apparently got time on my hands!
Cheering you on!
![]() | The Garden, the Curtain and the Cross By Carl Laferton / Good Book Company This beautifully illustrated hardback book, The Garden, the Curtain, and the Cross by Carl Laferton and illustrated by Catalina Echeverri, takes children on a journey from the garden of Eden to God's prefect new creation. Through an engaging Bibleoverview, children will discover that 'because of our sin, we can't go in' but because of Jesus' victory on the cross, an even better garden awaits us. |
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