The stores brim with chocolate, bright colors, bunny ears, and eggs this time of year. Just like Christmas, the focus seems a bit muddied by consumerism and mythical creatures instead of the miracle of Jesus’ sacrifice and power over death. So - How will your family center the celebration on the death and resurrection of Jesus? The traditions you build as a family when your kids are young will become memories and models that your children will repeat throughout the years. Our family did a couple of things to put the focus of this holiest holiday of the year so I thought I would share my favorites with you: Use plastic eggs to tell the story as an object lesson. Each egg tells a different part of the story - when they find the egg you can read the verses and talk about that part of the story. https://faithgateway.com/blogs/christian-books/making-resurrection-eggs-easter-story Make resurrection meringue cookies and read the scripture together watching it come to life with n S...
When I accepted a position as a principal 9 years ago, I became the person who knew and carried around the hurts, anxieties, trauma, losses, and difficulties of all those children and adults. The only way I knew to deal with all of that heavy burden was to lay it at Jesus' feet. I came morning after morning and petitioned God to care for each of these precious people with greater compassion and mercy than even I could imagine. So, that's how I became a praying principal.