Pascha
Whether you’re looking for practical help with your Pascha basket or interesting tidbits about history and linguistics, you’ll find everything about Pascha {and a little bit about Lent). To find something specific quickly, check the index.
The complete list of multicultural Easter picture books
For over two thousand years now, people have celebrated Easter with great joy and a dazzling variety of traditions. And it seems natural that the joy and the traditions would find their way into picture books. It would be natural, but it’s not common. When I created...
Celebrating Holy Week and Pascha at home
Most of us will be celebrating Holy Week and Pascha at home instead of at church this year. And if we focus on what we usually do, what we want to do, what we can’t do, it may feel like we’re not having Holy Week and Pascha at all. We can’t re-create our...
Pascha gifts during a pandemic
The social distancing that is being asked of all of us is providing a quiet and somber Lent. But you still need Pascha gifts for the little ones you love. You don’t want to go to the mall. And, as you may have heard, Amazon may not be stocking non-essential...
Lent for families with special needs
I can tell Lent is coming. I’ve heard the stories of Zacchaeus, and the Publican and the Pharisee, and the Prodigal Son. I’ve been warned about the sheep and the goats. I’ve done some serious menu planning, to make sure we use up the foods that we aren’t going to eat...
Easter picture books for a child’s Lenten journey
Pascha is coming! And before Pascha, there will be Lent. So you’re planning meals to use up the meat and cheese in your refrigerator. You’re stocking up on tofu and beans. You’re looking forward to the longer services and Lenten melodies. All of...THE MAGIC OF BOOKS
Share the wonder of St. Nicholas through the magic of a book: The Saint Nicholas Day Snow.
