Day 111- 4/22/11 Build a Tomb out of Dough for Good Friday

Day 111: 4/22/11
New Thing: Build a Tomb out of Dough for Good Friday
Inspiration: Good Friday, Sarah H.            
Cost: $??
Time: About an hour of prep time and 4-5 hours to bake.                 
Bottom Line: A very good way to share the story with Delia.  

The grilled cheese is deuterocanonical. 

Reflection: Since today is Good Friday, I decided to use an activity which was sent to me by one of my best friends, Sarah H. (who is also in the picture of the nursery school Easter Hat parade of a few posts ago and is the cousin of Balloon Head Bonnie. It was a pretty small town.) She sent me this link from "Desiring God Ministries" which had a great idea for a way to share the story of the crucifixion with little children by making a plaster Golgotha with a tomb to lay Jesus in. It might be hard to tell from the picture, but there are two parts: The first is the hill with the tomb which was molded with Delia's help over a tin can which has a hole for the cross on top. The second is the stone which has been placed at the mouth of the tomb after we placed the Jesus figurine inside.

After we had made the whole thing, I told Delia the whole Passion story including the crucifixion and we both laid Jesus to rest placing the large stone which sealed the tomb. We are now waiting until Easter morning when she will get to find the Jesus figure outside in our garden and the tomb empty! She was very enthralled and the little pieces were just like a Godly Play story which we use in Sunday School. It actually reminded me of the Nativity set that we had played with just a few months ago at Christmas and I think that we will make this an Easter tradition.

Lenten Meditation-   
Prayed for: DD. DD & AD
Prayer Walk/Yoga- 5 mile early morning run.  
Journal Topic with Ken- Topic= Discussions over the Table
Music- Hymns   
Fast- ok. 
Daily Office- Preached at the noon service and took part in 2 different Stations of the Cross services.