Family Resources for Lent and Easter

Love Life Live Lent Family Book: Transform Your World. Church House Publishing, 2008. The family activities in this book encourage people to use Lent to undertake one simple act of generosity each day. For more, see http://www.livelent.net./

The Passion. Artstone. SandStory artist Joe Castillo uses fine grains of sand for animation along with music to create a live art presentation. This one is performed to the soundtrack from The Passion of Christ. Other 15- to 20-minute DVDs include The Creation, The Miracle of Christmas, and The Prodigal.

Through Tears to Joy: Devotions for Lent, by Stan Mast. Faith Alive Christian Resources, 2010. During the Lenten season, use this devotional booklet to walk with Jesus as he makes his way down the Via Dolorosa—the Way of Sorrows.

Family Resources for Celebrating Lent, Easter, and Pentecost. The RCA website (www.rca.org/lent) has a number of ideas for families to nurture faith at home (for example, make pretzels together).