
We used Amon's Adventure to work through Lent with the boys this year. It is a great story! Unlike the Advent books in which you read a portion of the story nightly through the season, this book has only 28 chapters. If you want to use it during Lent (and I highly recommend that you do -- especially if you've read the Advent triology), You'll want to read nightly during Holy Week. That leaves 20 days of readings for the first 30-ish days of Lent.
The author's devotional messages at the end of each day's reading have dovetailed amazing well with the Crazy Love book. I know that God is talking directly to me when He does that!
On Palm Sunday, our church had a family Easter celebration and we made a variety of crafts:
The tomb; rock is covering grave. |
Making a foam palm leaf. We also folded a palm leaf into a cross. |
The Last Supper. |
And Easter morning the boys woke up to bunnies and jelly beans in our family Easter basket:
It is tradition here that we get a "little" something that has to do with Jesus on Easter -- usually books or Adventure in Odyssey CDs. Ben has been wanting a cross, so I found a teen-looking nail cross for him. Of course, he sets the tone in the house, so Luke and Levi got shield/ cross necklaces, too. And, to complete the trifecta of God speaking about fully surrendering to Him this season, we purchased Francis Chan's Halfway Herbert book for the kids (it'll be a young for Ben, but the message is spot on).
I'm so grateful to God for this season in my life when I am seeing and feeling Him. There have been many dry spells -- but this is not one of them. As Dave and I begin to discuss new adventures for our family, we are trying to remain open to God's leading. I sorta, kinda like to control things, and I'm re-learning that God's plan is always better than mine.
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Great post! I love how you integrate the meaning of Easter with some fun family traditions, too. Your boys are blessed!
I led my staff through Francis Chan's "Crazy Love" for devotions. Very good tool! Thought you'd be intererested in knowing that Kelly and I are attending a leadership seminar on Thursday in which Francis Chan is a main speaker.
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