Years ago in late summer we moved into a house that had been empty almost a year. When I opened the fireplace damper to see if it was operational, four dead birds fell out. That should have warned us that we needed to screen the chimney top. But we were busy with getting settled and…
Easter
Easter and the Girl Next Door
[Editor’s Note: Mentoring Moments first ran this piece by Cole Huffman several years ago. His daughter is 13 now and still plays with the girl next door. The staff of Mentoring Moments wishes each of you a Happy Easter!] The house behind us long sat empty as a FSBO. I called the owner a few…
Spring is in the Air
I do not like winter. I like warm. I’d live at the beach if God would send me there. Don’t get me wrong; I live in Kentucky and I’m a Kentucky girl. However, I would leave it from after Christmas until April if I could. Don’t like cold, don’t like snow, and don’t like ice!…
Christ Arose
When my cousin Joan first heard the hymn “Christ Arose” sung by her two-year-old daughter Lena, the words didn’t quite make sense. When she asked Lena about them, she explained, “Daddy taught me the song.” Then she belted out another chorus of “UP from the GRAVY a ROSE!” After Lena’s daddy re-translated the words, Joan…
Healer in the Garden
* This post contains affiliate links. Tim had a reason to be focused on the servant’s bloodied ear and the gentle Jesus. Tim was born with a miniature deformed ear with no hole. With medical advances in hearing repair, my brother and his wife opted for Tim to have the multiple surgeries that might correct…
Easter Nests (Chocolate No-Bake Cookies) & Other Delights
We naturally think of giving to others at Christmas. But Easter is another opportunity to share with others and teach children to give. Do you have a favorite recipe? Why not prepare it as a family and make a surprise delivery to a neighbor, hurting friend, or elderly person during the Easter season? Here are…
Book Review: The Parable of the Lily
* This post contains affiliate links. In The Parable of the Lily by Liz Curtis Higgs, a farmer secretly mails his daughter, Maggie, a surprise present. Young Maggie is disappointed with her gift of a bulb and dirt. She waters the bulb for a while then throws it out the window. Easter morning she finds a beautiful,…
Spreading Resurrection Joy
Before we celebrate Resurrection joy on Easter morning, we also recall Jesus’ death on Good Friday—a day of disappointment and sorrow. Do you know someone who seems sad? Someone who is sick, unemployed, or has lost a loved one? What could you do to cheer them? Here are a few ideas you or your family…
Hosanna, Loud Hosanna!
* This post contains affiliate links. The hymn “Hosanna, Loud Hosanna!,” which celebrates Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, makes the singer feel a part of the crowd full of hope and enthusiasm. Can’t you just imagine this hymn writer running along with the processional? That is until you realize that the lyricist was…
Making an Easter Cross
If you saved the tree trunk from last year’s Christmas tree, now is the time to make it into an Easter cross. If you didn’t, file this idea for next Easter (with a reminder in your December calendar to save the Christmas tree trunk) and find other wood to use. Cut off the upper one-third…
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