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about children
“Why is it important that Jesus rose from the dead?” A fourth grader asked.
I’m working on explaining that in 13 minutes or less for the Easter sermon in a way that a 4th grader can understand and will change his life.
How has the resurrection changed my life? Does it change my life on a day to day?
Yesterday, one of the kids in Sunday School broke one of my Resurrection Eggs. It made me upset, I might even say I was mad!
I know, it’s just an ordinary plastic egg, and if it was just any plastic egg, it wouldn’t matter. But the Resurrection Eggs are special to me…not the plastic egg itself, but I had hoped that the kids will see the Resurrection Eggs as something special, even sacred.
When I went to college, I attended a junior college near home for one year, then transferred and lived away from home. I didn’t come back home to live until after I got married. My husband and I lived with my parents for one year while saving money to buy our first house. Living with my parents as an adult was difficult, to put it mildly. Honestly, I don’t recommend it.
With empty nest approaching for me, we are down to one child at home. With only 3 of us home now, without grandma or the 2 older kids, we are down 50% of the number of people in our house. I only do laundry once a week; I cook enough rice for 2 meals at one time because it’s hard to cook just 1 cup of rice; things are generally pretty quiet.
My son has an ideal life right now. He is good at doing something that makes him good money. And he enjoys doing it. And he can do it anywhere in the world. And he will do just that.
He’ll be traveling. Where? Anywhere he wants. He has nothing that ties him down. He can work and make money wherever he is.
On Sunday, I taught the concept of Lent to the children.
Lent is generally practiced among Catholics, but it doesn’t hurt if we Protestants practice some kind of giving up of something in preparation for Easter.
I explained to the children that whatever we sacrifice, it’s nothing compared to what Jesus did for us when…
Today I made french toast with the kids at church. Three of the kids each cracked an egg for the mixture. I was pleasantly surprised that not a single egg shell fell in.
After we mixed the egg with milk, I asked the kids, “What do you think we do next to make french toast?”
As part of the Bible lesson on Sunday I told the children at church about my aunt being in the hospital and most likely going to die.
“Have you had anyone in your family die?”
A boy raised his hand, “Yes, my great grandfather, great grandmother, and all my ancestors died.”
Let me rephrase that question…Â :)
It’s interesting how a slower economy effects everything.
Recycled paper is the biggest export by volume from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. It is bought mainly by paper mills in China and made into packaging used to box up goods for exports. (Los Angeles Business Journal, November 10, 2008)
Read more of “The slow economy is not good for the environment”
I heard not one, but 2 people, on the same day, say:
The only justification for Prop 8 is from the Bible. It’s a religious issue. To maintain separation of church and state, Prop 8 should not be supported.
Prop 8 says – Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid and recognized in California.