tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19733180.post2127259609715752995..comments2024-03-24T07:56:33.811-05:00Comments on Allan R. Bevere: Forty Days of Lent? What About the Fifty Days of Easter?Allan R. Beverehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07903011101108437513noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19733180.post-53753533430591958872014-04-24T12:24:44.607-05:002014-04-24T12:24:44.607-05:00Anon,
Good thoughts. It would be great to know wh...Anon,<br /><br />Good thoughts. It would be great to know who you are.Allan R. Beverehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14065432871528667462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19733180.post-88327902410225264342014-04-24T12:24:00.989-05:002014-04-24T12:24:00.989-05:00Perhaps if we celebrated Eastertide like we do Len...<i> Perhaps if we celebrated Eastertide like we do Lent, our eyes would be opened and our hearts warmed, too.</i><br /><br />Betty, well said!Allan R. Beverehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14065432871528667462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19733180.post-8490333299262966252014-04-24T08:09:08.154-05:002014-04-24T08:09:08.154-05:001. Set up a "Stations of the Resurrection&quo...1. Set up a "Stations of the Resurrection" for people to meditate on during these 50 days. <br /><br />2. Pick mostly hymns and songs that deal with Easter themes.<br /><br />3. Keep the sanctuary decorated with Easter themes... white paraments are not enough.<br /><br />4. Any liturgy used in worship (such as calls to worship and dismissals) ought to be also about Easter themes and include "alleluias"<br /><br />5. Have a special study during the 50 days just as churches do during Lent.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19733180.post-8492370307258820672014-04-24T07:53:30.663-05:002014-04-24T07:53:30.663-05:00I read an article the other day that said somethin...I read an article the other day that said something about "checking 'Celebrate Easter' off our 'to-do' list". Last night in our women's Bible study we looked at the two on the road to Emmaus. The title I used was "10 Lessons from the Road". We saw that those two were "Easter people" and didn't even know it. The war had been won, but the battle in their hearts raged on. We are Easter people, too, but we still walk with our eyes and our hearts downcast. We say that we know that Jesus walks with us, but our feet still drag, and our shoulders sag. Perhaps if we celebrated Eastertide like we do Lent, our eyes would be opened and our hearts warmed, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com