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5 Exciting Ways to Celebrate the Ascension

I do not remember celebrating Ascension Day when I was in school. I can see why. Easter has just passed, and honestly my teachers’ minds were probably on making it to May rather than on coming up with creative and super-engaging projects. Plus, the holiday is not typically all that

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A Promise for a Changing World

Although it is probably the most cliche phrase in the history of motherhood, I have to say my kids are growing up too fast! Being a parent is a weird mix of delighting in watching your children learn new things and grow into wonderful human beings, and at the same

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A Powerful Ascension Day Assignment

When I was younger my family and I took a couple trips to Disney World. Even if you’ve never had the chance to make it to the happiest place on earth, I’m sure you know how fun but exhausting these trips can be. Amongst all the happy memories are the

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Jesus Rends the Heavens on Good Friday

Good Friday is the last of the events of Holy Week. The day with the most ironic name in history. It’s the day on which the worst thing that could possibly happen took place. Yet it is also because of this day that we have a restored relationship with God,

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Do You Watch or Wave on Palm Sunday?

Where would you have been on Palm Sunday? I think we’d all like to say that we would have been part of the crowd lining the streets throwing off their coats, waving palm branches are crying, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” They were happy to have a king riding

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3 Powerful Ways to Observe Palm Sunday

When I was in grade school my teacher assigned a Lent activity that involved illustrating a Lent hymn picked from the hymnal without adding the name of the song from which we drew inspiration. She then put them up on the bulletin board and throughout Lent the class tried to

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A Forgotten Part of Maundy Thursday

Maundy Thursday is an action-packed day. There are so many different angles to explore. Jesus gives his disciples the Last Supper, and they celebrate communion for the first time. Our Savior washes his disciples’ feet teaching them to live a life poured out for others. Judas betrays Jesus to his

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The Best Way to Observe Holy Week

I love Holy Week. My dad and husband are both pastors so it seems I’ve always spent more time at church than at home during Holy Week. But really that’s the best place to be in the week leading up to Easter. Christmas has so many activities and traditions outside

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40 Powerful Days of Testing and Trusting

God likes to use numbers to talk to his people. The number twelve represents completion–twelve tribes of Israel, twelve disciples. Seven is the number for perfection–God created in seven days. The number eight is the start of something new–eight people were saved on the ark, Jesus rose on the eighth

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Hi, I'm Marissa!

I help Christian teachers find Bible resources so that they can save time in the classroom. 

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