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HE IS RISEN! Here’s How to Make an Easter Rock Garden with Your Kiddos

This time of year holds so much sentiment to me. Easter. It reminds me of the gift I’ve been given, a fresh start; a new life because of what Jesus did on the cross. And its what I teach my kids–Grace. Instead of leaving it to the Sunday school teachers to teach my kids about what Jesus did, I try to find hands on examples that my kids will “get.” Easter isn’t about some cute bunny but how do I hold my kids’ attention to teach this valuable lesson? An Easter Garden, something tangible, real and hands on! Of course my …

Heroes at Easter

When Easter comes around some of us struggle with the dilemma of how to approach Easter with our children. Christmas is pretty easy. It’s the time Jesus was born as a baby. Children understand that. But Easter? How do we explain the significance of Jesus’ death on the cross and His resurrection, so a child can understand it? And then to compound these issues, how do we handle the Easter bunny, which is the part of Easter that children do relate to, but which has nothing to do with the true meaning of Easter? How do we explain the …

Happy Resurrection Day!

Before I became a Christian, I spent my Easters at the beach. Not for a sunrise service, but just hanging out with friends, catching a few rays and enjoying the sand between our toes. But I remember my first Easter. It was the first time I really got it. I mean, I really got it. I was saved in October and during the 6 months between the time I became a Christian and the first time I celebrated Easter as a Christian, I had immersed myself in the Word of God. There was so much I didn’t know, but I …

Hope for the Hopeless

They looked for Him in a place like this… A place for the dead, the forgotten…Where names etched were worn away… A hopeless place. A place where hopes and dreams end… But that day was different. The ground shook, a veil — the one that separated people from God’s throne room — tore in two, and an angel spoke to women who came to pay respects to a dead man. “He is not here. He has risen.” The words of the angel reverberate throughout all of history. He is not here… He has beaten death. He has paid our way, …

Great Easter Activities

Colorful eggs. Tons of fabulous candy. And a giant bunny. A cross. Palm branches. And an empty tomb. As a child holidays can be quite confusing. As a mom it can be difficult to know how to teach your children about Easter. Below are some ideas to help your kids understand what Easter is all about. Resurrection rolls are a fun, tasty, educational, and relatively quick Easter breakfast recipe. My children love making them. One note to this recipe, I buy the large sized crescent rolls to keep the marshmallow inside the roll better. Resurrection Cookies. This recipe begins the …

A Mother’s Heart…An Intimate Moment with Mary

She stands at a distance. The sight before her pierces her heart as if thrust in by a javelin. Her puffy eyes sting with tears, blurring her vision. Deep sobs heave her chest as her heart pounds in agony. The crowd jostles her, oblivious to her obvious pain, a pain so deep that no mother on earth will ever feel again. What brings her to this gruesome sight? A mother’s love. My son, she cries. Her name is Mary and her son is being crucified. Naked, exposed. Blood trickles down His face from the open wounds in His head when …

Five Ways to Impact Your Children & Grandchildren with the Message of Easter

By Featured Guest: Kathy Howard Rich memories of childhood Easters keep popping up in my mind. I can still feel the cold metal of the folding chair as I sat with my family in the church parking lot waiting for the first rays of the sun to make their appearance. And with the sun, the somber notes of “low in the grave He lay…” became the joyous thunder of “up from the grave He arose (He arose), with a mighty triumph o’er His foes.” After prayer and singing, everyone escaped the chilly air and enjoyed pancakes and sausage in …