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Rejoice in Jesus's love by reading together this story of Easter, a story that inspires hope and reflection. Before there was the Easter bunny or baskets filled with treats, there was a gentle man named Jesus who showed the world his love for all. Richly detailed illustrations are perfect for young listeners. Read-aloud text is crafted for experienced older children and adult storytellers. Grandparents will create beloved Easter memories by reading...
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Celebrate Easter with a joyful, soulful, and inspiring collection of songs about the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Most people don't often associate Easter with music, but author Michael D. Young has collected a variety of inspirational hymns and songs-some solemn, some jubilant-and his commentary on their meaning can enhance our holiday experience.
Each chapter focuses on the rich history of two songs that relate to the events...
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These forty stirring devotions will guide and inspire readers as they move thematically through the weeks of Lent and Easter, encountering themes of prayerful reflection, self-denial, temptation, suffering, and the meaning of the cross. Passages from Dietrich Bonhoeffer's letters and sermons provide special encouragement as readers prepare themselves spiritually for Holy Week and Easter Sunday. Supplemented by an informative introduction to Bonhoeffer's...
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Lent for Everyone: Matthew, Year A provides readers with an inspirational guide through the Lenten season, from Ash Wednesday through the week after Easter. Popular biblical scholar and author N. T. Wright provides his own Scripture translation, brief reflection, and a prayer for each day of the season, helping readers ponder how the text is relevant to their own lives. By the end of the book, readers will have been through the entirety of Matthew,...
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16 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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"In this title, emergent readers are introduced to the celebrations, traditions, and symbols behind the Easter holiday. Carefully crafted text with high-frequency words, repetitive sentence patterns, and strong visual references support emergent readers, creating a fun first nonfiction reading experience. Easter includes Tools for Teachers and Caregivers and a Let's Review! question and image, as well as introductory nonfiction features such as labels,...
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All About Easter: A Christian Family Book for Kids, Teenagers, and Adults is the perfect book for families looking to celebrate Easter in a meaningful and educational way. From the history of the holiday to creative crafts and recipes, this book has everything you need to create a memorable Easter experience for kids, teenagers, and adults alike. With beautiful illustrations and easy-to-follow instructions, this book will help you explore the true...
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The Lenten journey is a shared journeyChristians join with others along the way of faith, following Jesus and seeking to live out the will and purpose of God.Living into Lent,written by noted theologian, educator, and author Donald K. McKim, sets aside time during the Lenten season for readers to reflect on their Christian identities, listen to Gods Word and will, and engage in practices that deepen the Christian experience through discipleship.
Whether...
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In 40 Days, 40 Prayers, 40 Words, Reyes-Chow encourages readers to pause in the bustle of their daily lives to reflect, engage, and share during the Lenten season. Forty devotions are each framed around a word inspired by the daily lectionary readings and include a short scriptural passage, inspirational prayer, and reflection. Readers who feel too busy for daily engagement ...
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On a seven mile journey from Jerusalem to Emmaus, the resurrected Jesus captivated two travelers with stories from the Old Testament pointing to his life and death. Walking with Jesus through the Old Testament invites readers to embark on this journey with Christ throughout the Lenten season. Stroble imagines what Jesus would have said to his companions and guides readers along the way with forty-six devotions referencing the Old Testament. A prayer...
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Valuable not only for their sublime musical expression, the African American spirituals provide profound insights into the human condition and Christian life. Many spirituals focus on the climax of the Christian drama, the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and the ways in which those events bring about the liberation of Gods people.
In these devotions for the season of Lent, Luke A. Powery leads the reader through the spirituals as they confront...
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How does Jesus' 40-days in the wilderness intersect with our own 21st-century "wilderness" experiences? In this new daily devotional readers will explore: What Jesus's experience teaches us about the gifts to be found in our modern wilderness experiences, How a spiritual drought can create a more meaningful Lent experience, What fasting, sacrifice, and tempation look like in our daily lives, and How we prepare to experience new life on the side of...
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"The gates of Jerusalem stood open when the camel and his master arrived, late in the
afternoon. They had traveled for many days, returning again to the lands they'd visited
many years before, searching again for the holy one who'd drawn them."
He Is Not Here follows Astor the camel and his last master as they return to the Holy
Land, seeking again the blessed one born under that star so many years ago.
Astor and the last wise man follow...
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Unsettling Lent: Following Jesus to the Cross is not your ordinary Lenten devotional. That's a good thing, given the ways Lent's radical meaning has been diminished by our culture's false promotion of religious complacency. By connecting the biblical story to present-day realities, it invites Christians to make Lent a season of solidarity and justice-seeking. In contrast to devotionals emphasizing personal spirituality and interior transformations,...
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Emily and Sophie age 9 and Jack age 8, are getting ready for the annual Easter egg hunt at Blackthorn Stables. But disaster strikes when Blackthorn Chocolate Factory's Easter egg machine is broken during the night! When the Blackthorn Stables gang notice a strange man acting suspiciously, they realise that something is very wrong indeed! Can Emily, Sophie & Jack save Blackthorn Chocolate Factory before it's too late? Join Emily, Sophie & Jack as they...
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When Jesus was preparing for a new phase of his ministry - or experiencing the final week - he went to Bethany, his holy retreat. Following that tradition, The Bethany Fellowships, a ministry of support for young clergy and congregations, have cultivated an intentional rhythm of life and ministry that empowers community, creativity, prayer, and resilience. This six-week-long Lenten daily devotional follows practices and relationships Jesus models...
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28 pages : color illustrations ; 17 cm
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"Permite que esta historia te lleve al momento de la primerísima Pascua... desde el emocionante Domingo de Ramos, por el triste Viernes Santo hasta la gran mañana del Domingo de Resurreción... aquel día en que Jesús mostró as sus amigos que el amor de Dios es para siempre."--Page 4 of cover.
Retells the Easter narrative for preschool children and introduces them to the great story at the heart of the holiday and its message of love, from Jesus's...
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God is often at work through the ordinary: ordinary people, ordinary objects, ordinary grace. Through the ordinary, God communicates epiphanies, salvation, revelation, and reconciliation. It is through the mundane that we hear Gods quiet voice.
In this devotion for the season of Lent, Jill J. Duffield draws readers attention to ten ordinary objects that Jesus would have encountered on his way to Jerusalem: dust, bread, the cross, coins, shoes,...
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From Eden to Gethsemane to the garden in which Jesus was buried and raised, our story of faith wanders through much fertile soil. But in our current world of fast food and to-go meals, we often do not make time to explore where our food comes from and how we break bread together. Journeying through the season of Lent with this in mind, A Time to Grow encourages readers to slow down, move through the painstaking process of growth, and end together...
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