tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9244309.post116282524228213217..comments2023-06-05T04:40:16.459-07:00Comments on Idylwild: Chapter 10 No Ordinary HomeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9244309.post-1163023320178652602006-11-08T14:02:00.000-08:002006-11-08T14:02:00.000-08:00Dawn - That is a really great idea. I may be fill...Dawn - That is a really great idea. I may be filling in for the kids' Sunday School class around then and they would love that - or I may even invite a few people over here to do it! You're full of good ideas, girl!Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10142994274994642731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9244309.post-1163018060677058312006-11-08T12:34:00.000-08:002006-11-08T12:34:00.000-08:00Shannon, one of the things that we also do is have...Shannon, one of the things that we also do is have a Resurrection hunt. Specifically we like best to have it for other people. <BR/>We hide a large rock, a leather bag with 30 dimes, a pitcher, a bowl, a towel, red cloth, a crown of thorns, large nails, a stuffed lamb, a small leather whip....um....seems like there is more, but my brain is not working too well. Anyway, we send the guests out to find the details and then we use the pieces found to retell the Gospel story. We love doing it. I wonder if you couldn't put together something along THAT line for your baskets. (like the a bag with a few dimes in it, a lamb - even if it's chocolate...pray, see if the Lord won't give you a few ideas of things to put into the basket that would allow you to retell the story, using the contents of the basket. (OR better yet, maybe you could give the baskets the Sunday before Easter and let them enjoy the details of Holy Wk all week long - still giving a lamb..and whatever else Father would lay on your heart. I'll pray that you hear wonderfully, loving creative ideas!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9244309.post-1163007941112049832006-11-08T09:45:00.000-08:002006-11-08T09:45:00.000-08:00Dawn - You know I'm having some church issues late...Dawn - You know I'm having some church issues lately, too. The lack of joy is probably the biggest thing for me and I can totally understand where you're coming from. I hope God does lead y'all to a wondeful church family before too long, it can be such a blessing:)Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10142994274994642731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9244309.post-1162918957388845502006-11-07T09:02:00.000-08:002006-11-07T09:02:00.000-08:00Krystal, that was a great link! Thanks. Dawn, I'...Krystal, that was a great link! Thanks. Dawn, I'd love (LOVE!) to see what y'all have written! I promise I'm not trying to copy, but (as Molly likes to say) I don't want to reinvent the wheel! :) I just always love to have jumping off points, kwim? Inspiration:) <BR/>I think we will do something along the lines of the Easter tree this year although probably not all 40 ornaments. I think we'll build up to that. Maybe once a week until Holy Week and then every day. <BR/>One other thing I think we'll do this year is to give Easter baskets on Egg Hunt Day (at our church that's the Saturday before the one right before Easter). There may still be some sort of gift on Easter morning, I don't know, but I'd like the "spring" stuff not to detract from Resurrection Day.Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10142994274994642731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9244309.post-1162859609239260862006-11-06T16:33:00.000-08:002006-11-06T16:33:00.000-08:00Hey my dears, we've been doing Passover in our hom...Hey my dears, we've been doing Passover in our home for YEARS - like...14, maybe? During those years, we have rewritten the Haggadah (the service of the Passover celebration) several times. I would be happy to share with you what we have written. I don't remember if we re-wrote it since Bica was little or not. I'll have to look. (I try to note when we re-do it, so I can recall who was what age.) <BR/><BR/>We no longer celebrate Passover according to its proper date, but in conjunction with Easter. It used to make me crazy to not have it on the "right" night, but then the Lord convicted me that it was more important to help my children understand the intimacy of the Passover followed by the Crucifixion. By doing so, our children have grasped the horror of it much more clearly.<BR/><BR/>When we do Passover, Jeff buys the children a gift. It's usually not much, but it is something that HE has chosen. (That doesn't happen any other time of the year.) :) We do this for the moment that the father must "buy back" the afikomen. We want the kids to see that the price the Father paid to buy us back is HUGE!!! (And to my kids, having Dad do the shopping for gifts is HUGE) ;) <BR/><BR/>I love the idea of doing something each day of...I don't know - the whole 40 days? or just Holy Week. I need to spend some more time in prayer re: this. (I must confess, my heart has been totally caught up in how to honor Thanksgiving and Christmas) However, we already have a head start, as we keep our Christmas tree...strip it of whatever needles might be left, and it becomes the Cross we hang for Easter. <BR/><BR/>Shannon, thank you for being our hostess this week. I loved hearing your heart for Easter. <BR/><BR/>Last year, we were attending a local Body. I BEGGED Jeff to not make us attend there for Easter. I simply could NOT bear to endure their total lack of joy over the Cross on a regular Sunday, the thought of doing so on Easter was more than I could bear. I confess, there is a part of me that aches for Father to put us into a church Body before Easter. It's simply so hard to celebrate this "alone."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9244309.post-1162856519369707742006-11-06T15:41:00.000-08:002006-11-06T15:41:00.000-08:00We've actually only succeeded in celebrating Passo...We've actually only succeeded in celebrating Passover once but we had made plans to celebrate it again this year before we had the miscarriage. I bought this great book called Celebrating Biblical Feasts in your home or church by Martha Zimmerman. It has a great plan for doing Passover keeping the children in mind. It is a shorter Haggadah than the normal one plus it is written from a Christian perspective. We didn't make the littlist ones stay through the whole thing because they did get a bit restless but our 4 & 6 year old at the time did great. (Next Easter our kids will be 2,4,6 & 8 and I think they will be able to do pretty good getting through the whole thing.) There are a lot of interactive parts with the different foods and responses to say.<BR/><BR/>Here's a link to download the Sedar excerpt from the book: <A HREF="http://www.bethanyhouse.com/ME2/Audiences/dirmod.asp?sid=4F1214C70A5E4B0E969CC4831CA09B4E&nm=Media&type=media&mod=Media+Manager&mid=E7EE56E0A53445CDAA30E8B9B00EFB34&AudID=A1C951EB965A42EB8ED3E14BD33C93E4&tier=3&rid=227CA10EF4F742E2A0E38600A31A8B52" REL="nofollow">Christian Haggadah</A><BR/><BR/><BR/>or just go to www.bethanyhouse.com and search for the title of the book & you'll find a link from there.<BR/>HTHAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9244309.post-1162852138326364662006-11-06T14:28:00.000-08:002006-11-06T14:28:00.000-08:00Krystal - i'm so sorry about your miscarriage. I ...Krystal - i'm so sorry about your miscarriage. I can only imagine that kind of hurt, but I do know that only Christ can heal that pain. I'm so glad that you were able to find comfort in HIm. My pastor has used the resurrection eggs with the kids before and I know they really enjoyed them. How do y'all celebrate Passover? What does that look like with little ones? :)Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10142994274994642731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9244309.post-1162841727249184062006-11-06T11:35:00.000-08:002006-11-06T11:35:00.000-08:00We have used the Resurection Eggs from Family Life...We have used the Resurection Eggs from Family Life today with great success in celebrating Christ's resurection and we have been able to observe Passover which brought so much more meaning to our thoughts on Christ as the Lamb of God.<BR/><BR/>This past year Easter came to mean so much more for us. On the Monday before Easter I started bleeding and by Wednesday evening I had a full miscarriage (I was 9 weeks pregnant). I have never in my life felt as close to God as I did in those days of sorrow and pain. My dh adopted the song How Deep the Father's Love For Us as our song during this time. The love God had for us and the suffering of his Son and himself during those days was so much more than I can imagine but the timing of our suffering gave us a better understanding. Easter Sunday I came to church needing to feel God's love and our church family wrapped us in that love and the glory of Christ's resurrection brought me so much hope for the future.<BR/><BR/>How good the Father is to love us and bring us to a greater understanding of who he is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9244309.post-1162834492080042002006-11-06T09:34:00.000-08:002006-11-06T09:34:00.000-08:00Yep, I'm an Army brat:) We spent three years in G...Yep, I'm an Army brat:) We spent three years in Germany and then we were stationed for two in Hawaii. Talk about culture shock - going from Germany to Hawaii was wild:) We also lived in Georgia (of course), Colorado (I was born there, but we moved when I was 2ish), Washington, Oklahoma, and Ohio. And my parents moved to Texas after I left home (they did however give me the new address!).Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10142994274994642731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9244309.post-1162832651131464652006-11-06T09:04:00.000-08:002006-11-06T09:04:00.000-08:00Lived in Germany as a child?!!!! (I only hopped i...Lived in Germany as a child?!!!! (I only hopped in to get an initial read, but got stuck on this.) :) <BR/><BR/>Gotta do some baby work. :) BE BACKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com