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Reading with an Easter Lens

April 18, 2022 By Emily Watkins Leave a Comment

When approached to write a post with Easter books my first thought was, “Every truly good book is an Easter book.”

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Filed Under: Easter Tagged With: children's books, Easter, Easter basket

Building Empathy, Abundance, and Relationship this Eastertide

March 30, 2022 By Tina Clark Leave a Comment

As part of the One Thousand Days of Love campaign, Episcopal Relief & Development is offering a simple way for churches and parents to think beyond candy and stickers by adding some empathy and gratitude to this year’s Easter egg hunts.

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Filed Under: Easter, Parenting Tagged With: compassion, Easter, Easter basket, Episcopal Relief & Development

Five Children’s Books for the Easter Basket

March 2, 2018 By Alissa Ellett Leave a Comment

Here are five excellent children’s books for your family’s faith formation.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: children, children's books, Easter, Easter basket, Illustrated Children's Ministry, young children

Our family hunts for Easter baskets. Surprisingly, it helps us honor Christ.

April 16, 2017 By Nurya Love Parish Leave a Comment

Almost ten years ago, I started hiding my children’s Easter baskets. Only now do I see the connection to the story of the resurrection.

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We began new traditions for Holy Week and Easter. You can too.

April 7, 2017 By Heather Sleightholm 1 Comment

As our family began to follow the rhythm of the church calendar, I realized that all traditions start somewhere.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Parenting Tagged With: Easter, Easter basket, Easter Vigil, Holy Week

Making Room in the Basket for the Easter Story

March 11, 2016 By Regina Walton 3 Comments

The story of Jesus’ Passion, death on the cross, and resurrection is at the heart of our Christian faith and worship. Yet this is a challenging […]

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: books, children, discipleship, Easter, Easter basket, Lent, parenting, reading, Resource Roundup

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