Comments on: Passing on Our Faith

By: JoyB

JoyB — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 04:26:00 +0000

I have been so busy lately I haven’t had time to write in, but have been reading everyday. I just wanted to share what our daughter does for Easter……….last year was the first year we have spent Easter with our daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren for a long time. I was baptised on Easter last year, it was a wonderful celebration with all the family and it was also our granddaughter’s birthday. We had a big family (and others) dinner and then later our daughter went through the Easter story in the Bible and found refrences to different things that could be found in our house. She wrote the verses on pieces of paper and each one had a clue as to where to find the next clue and this went on until the end of the story in which there was the last clue where the Easter baskets were hidden…….I thought that was a wonderful way to let the kids have the candy, but they had to know the Easter story as well.

They will be up again this Easter and we will, go to Church, then once again have a big meal with family and a few others (I love to entertain) Then we will do the Easter baskets with the verses again.

By: Shirley

Shirley — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:06:59 +0000

Thank you Ann,
For giving us the Web Site for ”Preparing My Heart For Easter”, I did look into it looks great. Thank you. Easter is a very special time for the Christian and knowing just how important Jesus is to have in our lives. His suffering on the cross proves how much He truly loves us. I thank the Lord that we have been given a free gift for the taking ”Salvation”. We as christians need to be a light to the world so they can see that they can have this same free gift it’s there for the taking. The world needs to see Jesus in us because we may be the only Jesus that they will see. I have some good memories when I was a child, I was raised by my grandmother and she always made sure that we were in Sunday School every Sunday morning and when we came home from church my brother and I she always had dinner on the table waiting for us. And then on Easter my grandmother and my brother and myself and other family members would rise up early Easter morning and go to a Sunrise Service. It is great memories to remember and then after the Sunrise Service we would go and prepare a big Easter Dinner.
The Lord is good and worthy to be praised. Thank you Lord for my Salvation…..I Love You Lord.

By: Judy D

Judy D — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:35:47 +0000

Thank you, Lydia, for sharing the recipe and the story behind paska. I look forward to making it . . . and of course eating it, too. :-) As Amy said, what a blessing to have grown up in a home which knew the Lord and celebrated Him and having this special tradition. Amy, I, too, love hearing the traditions from other countries and traditions in other families.

Ann, thank you for the website. “Preparing My Heart for Easter, a Woman’s Journey to the Cross and Beyond.” This study will help prepare your heart during the season of Lent and who you how dearly Jesus cares about the women whose lives He touched and continues to touch.”
http://www.preparingmyheart.com

I will check it out. RIght now I need to prepare for church.

It’s Palm Sunday, everyone. Rejoice in the triumphful celebration of Jesus, the prelude to His taking our place. . . my place on the cross. . . He is the sinless Savior and we . . . I am the sinner.

By: Amy Waters

Amy Waters — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:54:37 +0000

Lydia, what a wonderful way to add to the celebration of Easter! I love hearing the traditions of our Christian holidays from other countries. What a blessing that you were raised in a home that did this. My home had no Christian teaching, therefore, God had to wait for me to acknowledge Him until I was 59! But oh, my life has been so wonderful since. Thank you, Lydia.

By: Ann Stewart

Ann Stewart — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 12:20:16 +0000

If you want to Journey to the Cross and see what it was like for women of Jesus’ time on earth, try “Preparing My Heart for Easter, a Woman’s Journey to the Cross and Beyond.” This study will help prepare your heart during the season of Lent and who you how dearly Jesus cares about the women whose lives He touched and continues to touch.
http://www.preparingmyheart.com

By: Ann Stewart

Ann Stewart — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 12:19:07 +0000

By: Lydia

Lydia — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 03:57:41 +0000

Answer to Paska question
My mother made the paska in soup cans so each child could have his/her own little paska. They were tall and cylindrical. I like to make it in loaves, slice it, and pass the frosting to spread on like you would spread butter on a slice of bread. Paska is delicious toasted (scrap off fronting from top so it doesn’t melt off and burn). After toasting, spread with butter or frosting. My mouth is watering now.

Different countries/nationalities have traditional foods for specific holidays. My parents lived in Russia, and that was the traditional Easter bread made in their Mennonite village in Crimea.

By: Judy D

Judy D — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 03:10:42 +0000

Thank you, Lydia, for the recipe for Paska.
Do you the story behind it? (Russian tradition)

You said loaf pans or empty soup cans. Is that what was normally use? Empty soup cans?

Again, thank you. I am going to print this out and save it. I want to try. :-)

By: Lydia

Lydia — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 22:31:23 +0000

Resurrection Eggs/Paska Recipe

You can see a photo and learn more about Resurrection Eggs at several Web sites including http://www.Christianbook.com. In search section of this Web site, type in Resurrection Eggs. When the information comes up, click on the picture and you’ll get a larger photo and a product descritpion. Hope that helps.

Here is our Paska recipe:

Paska
(Russian Easter Bread)

1 package active dry yeast
1/2 cup warm water
1 teaspoon sugar
1 cup milk
1/2 cup shortening
5 eggs, separated
1 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon lemon extract
6-7 cups all-purpose flour
l teaspoon salt

Dissolve yeast and one teaspoon sugar in water. Scald milk; stir in shortening until melted. Let cool. Separate eggs; beat egg whites until stiff and set aside. Mix yolks with sugar. Add lemon extract. Combine milk, shortening, yeast mixture, eggs, sugar; add salt and six cups flour. Stir with wooden spoon or mix with hands. Add up to 1 more cup flour until dough is not sticky. Mix in beaten egg whites with hands. Let rise in warm place until double in bulk, about 1 to 2 hours. While bread is rising, grease and flour loaf pans and/or empty soup cans. Punch down risen dough, shape, and fill pans half full. Let rise again until almost double, about 1 hour. Bake 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 300 degrees, and bake an additional 20-30 minutes depending on pan size. Cool 10 minutes. Remove from pans. Cool on wire racks. Frost when completely cooled. Yields 2-3 large or 5-6 small loaves.

Powdered sugar icing: Mix together 1 cup powdered sugar, 1 tablespoon butter, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract, and 1 tablespoon milk. Add more milk a teaspoon at a time until spreading consistency. Decorate with sprinkles or chopped walnuts in the shape of a cross.

Happy Easter

By: Shirley

Shirley — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 21:49:13 +0000

Hi PATTI,
Could you explain to me about the Ressurection Eggs?
Thanks….Shirley