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Easter Meat Pie
Growing up I always spent Easter with my dad’s mom, Grandma Julie and my favorite part was eating her Easter Meat Pie and hunting for plastic eggs filled with money. Grandma Julie died when I was twelve, but her memory lives on. Every year I make her Easter Meat Pie which I remember eating cold,…
Resurrection Eggs
Mary asked me specifically what were in the Resurrection Eggs. So I’ll do a little more explaining because they’re my favorite part of our Easter celebration. Usually we open a few eggs during the week, but since we’ll have relatives at our home for Easter for the FIRST TIME EVER, we decided to wait until…
An Easter Jelly Bean Poem and A Prayer
This are two a really fun ways to share the Easter story. Find each color Jelly bean and put it in an egg. Then on Easter morning, or during the week share the story! Red is for the blood He gave Green is for the grass He made. Yellow is or the sun so bright.…
Easter Resources
If you haven’t read my Christian Seder series be sure to go back a few pages and catch this three part series. It just might be a fun new tradition for your family. In addition to an Christian Seder our family incorporates the following into ourEaster festivities: Resurrection Eggs: These plastic eggs with “little reminders”…
Easter Seder Part 3
The Story of Passover During this time Exodus 12:1-13 is read with brief comments and with the elements held up at the appropriate moment. The Lamb Bone: The lamb was killed, its blood spread on the doorposts and lintel of the house to protect the home from the tenth plague, the slaying of the firstborn.…
Celebrate Easter with a Seder Part 2
Yesterday I shared with you the beginning of the Christian Seder my family has during the Easter weekend. We try and have this on Good Friday to reminisce about the “Last Supper”, but sometimes have it on Saturday. We reserve Sunday for a relaxing time of Church and casual dinner. Though this year with my…
Family Friendly Easter Seder Part 1
It’s snuck up on me again! The Easter Holiday season. I thought by getting the bunnies and egg hunts out of the way early, I’d have time to plan some really great Jesus stuff. But it’s Palm Sunday and I’ve done nothing…yet. I just pulled out my Easter file and for the rest of the…
Joey’s Got Big Plans Tomorrow…
for his tenth birthday. Since we’re not having his official party until the end of the month (after spring break when all his friends will be home), I wasn’t planning on doing more than our usual cake with the neighbors, and mom and dad’s special dinner with just the birthday boy, but he’s go it…
St. Patrick Day Recipes & Fun
Today we’re getting together with some friends to celebrate and remember the life of St. Patrick, patron saint to Ireland. Of course we will do some crafts, like making shamrocks. Did you know Patrick used the three leaf clover to explain the trinity? And probably learn a little about the history of leprechauns and Ireland,…
So What’s Lent All About?
I grew up observing the season of Lent, often giving up candy or chocolate. One year I remember giving up bread! The idea was to give up something I loved…for Jesus. Even after I left the church of my youth I carried on the tradition. For one thing, it was a way I could curb…