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a Crib, a Cross, a Cave
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Hope of Easter - The God of Easter morning is still bringing us hope 
By Jill Briscoe
Easter has come and gone for me 75 times. It wasn't until the 18th time around that I understood its meaning or why:
God in embryo
Growing to birth size
A baby boy became!
Here was a crib, cradling the One who came the hard way to save us.
One day an arrogant young student, without God, without Christ and without hope, stopped rushing around her college world speaking with great authority from the depths of her considerable ignorance about nothing very much, and took a hard look at a crib, a cross and a cave.
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On Seeing the Good in Good Friday
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By Arianne Segerman 
For so many years I wondered why Good Friday was named as such. I couldn't really wrap my brain around what was so good about it. I felt terrible every single time I would see a Cross re-enactment play. I would make it so real in my mind, and it was so hard to watch. I would sob seeing Jesus go through what he went through. I kept asking myself: Why were we calling the death of Jesus "good"?
Growing up I attended various Good Friday church services where the mood was so very solemn. Sad, mournful and full of regret, I would walk with my head down to my seat in the pew. And I get that sentiment, I really do. I understand the sacrifice was because of (my) sin. I've been taught all the horrible things Jesus had to endure before his death.
But I don't hang my head anymore. Now I know why Good Friday is so very, very good.
From the beginning of time, God knew what was going to happen. He prepared a way. He poured himself into flesh as the solution for all of it. We know all this already, right?
But what I think is sometimes missing from the Good Friday services, is that one simple phrase:
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Hot Cross Buns
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"Hot cross bun, a round bun made from a rich yeast dough  containing flour, milk, sugar, butter, eggs, currants, and spices, such as cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and cloves. In England, hot cross buns are traditionally eaten on Good Friday; they are marked on top with a cross, wither cut in the dough or composed of strips of pastry.
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Paper Easter Basket Decoration
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Use a paper shredder to make an Easter basket centerpiece.
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Christ is Risen; He is Risen Indeed!
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John 20
Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. 2So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don't know where they have put him!"
3So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb. 4Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. 5He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in. 6Then Simon Peter, who was behind him, arrived and went into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there, 7as well as the burial cloth that had been around Jesus' head.The cloth was folded up by itself, separate from the linen. 8Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed. 9(They still did not understand from Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.)
10Then the disciples went back to their homes, 11but Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb 12and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus' body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot.
13They asked her, "Woman, why are you crying?"
"They have taken my Lord away," she said, "and I don't know where they have put him."
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