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Daily Prayers for Holy Week and Easter for Your Family

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prayers for holy week and easter for families

This morning my teenagers are peeling themselves out of bed for that oh-so-exciting first school day after Spring Break.  And for all us types with less liturgy in our lives,  it might actually be easy to let Holy Week slide into that sludgy pile of Great Things I Really Meant to Focus On.

So I’m tossing both of us a low ball here. read more

Poems for an Easter Weekend

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easter weekend

FRIDAY

With its teeth, iron tears and plugs

Wrists that held; healed.

It stills the soles painted with read more

When “Why” is your Biggest Hurdle with God

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why

I woke early on Easter morning. It was not the kind of, “Oh! I get, like, an hour more of sleep! I love this feeling!” But more, “Hey, there is absolutely no one else up! Listen. Hear that? It’s the sound of NOTHING. I think I will wake up and enjoy it.” This was before I knew the kids drank the last of the milk = no coffee for me.

Maybe because the light in our bedroom felt hopeful and springtime-ish–and because I wanted to make the most of this day–I thought of the light in the garden, that morning Jesus rose. Yes. I am totally #thatmom. read more

Holiday Rerun: 14 Great Paradoxes of Jesus’ Death [printable INFOGRAPHIC]

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As we prepare to celebrate Good Friday, I’m marveling all over again at these paradoxes bound up in Jesus’ death: all we gained through his loss.

Hope it increases your overwhelming adoration like it does mine.

(PRINT IT HERE. Feel free to share if you like it.)

Who believes what we’ve heard and seen?
    Who would have thought God’s saving power would look like this?

Isaiah 53:1, MSG

Paradoxes

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If Jesus Had a Tattoo

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tattooSurely you’ve thought about it. If you were going to get a tattoo, what would it be?

I have no real insights on this one. Everything I think of only sounds cool for about five seconds. And my husband has wisely postulated that if you want to get a tattoo, you should wait ten years to see if you still want it, and then get it.

I will say that tattoos are great conversation starters–because every tattoo has a story. Kind of like scars. read more

14 Great Paradoxes of Jesus’ Death [printable INFOGRAPHIC]

Reading Time: < 1 minute

As we prepare to celebrate Good Friday, I’m marveling at these paradoxes bound up in Jesus’ death: all we gained through his loss. Hope it increases your overwhelming adoration like it does mine.  (PRINT IT HERE, and feel free to share if you like it.)

Who believes what we’ve heard and seen?
    Who would have thought God’s saving power would look like this?

Isaiah 53:1, MSG read more

Isaiah 53, The Message (Or, how this Friday became Good)

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cross, religion, night, sky, evening

Who believes what we’ve heard and seen?
    Who would have thought God’s saving power would look like this?

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