Ash Wednesday – you want me to do what?
Ok while it is not my goal to go into discussion of Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent (which may come later). To learn more about Ash Wednesday come with me to church tonight and hear for it...
View ArticleAre Lenten Services really for Kids?
It seems that every year Advent and Lenten services hit me the wrong way. Maybe cause it seems that it is a service for adults with few children- normally mine and by the time the service has ended my...
View ArticleA Little Lent and Easter for Kids
Hard to believe we are in our second week of Lent. Sad to think I haven’t done anything with the kids! We have a devotional some where that we have use in the past, but this year I am bearly keeping...
View ArticleOur Resurrection Garden
It was my dear friend Sheila first showed this idea to me. Before I knew it everyone was making them. I was also getting ready to be away from the house for two weeks so I knew that I really could do...
View ArticleAsh Wednesday: Luther’s Morning Prayer
For some Ash Wednesday is a foreign concept. Putting ashes on a forehead. Every year my kids look forward to the ashes. Every year they understand a little bit better why we do it. Why we put ashes...
View ArticleLuther’s Morning Prayer Poster
I had decided to start at the beginning of our day. It had been in the back of my mind to create a simple poster for the kids to put by their beds of Luther’s morning Prayer and Evening prayer. Even...
View ArticleI’m Eating Chocolate Ice Cream for Lent
The question started about a week ago. “What are you giving up for Lent?” Many different answers appear from foods to time killers. Some go the opposite way and give into to something. I have given up...
View ArticleIs Holy Week for Kids?
Through the last 12 years of being a parent I have struggled with parenting and worship. It is not always easy. Kids have whined, screamed, thrown, (no really I had one child throw a shoe in worship),...
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