You don’t have to the answers to why Jesus died to talk about Easter with your kids. (Sarah Swartzendruber)
Our episode this week is with our resident Children's Pastor, childhood development expert, mom to two and Bible scholar, Sarah Swartzendruber.
On this episode, we talk with Sarah about reimagining the Easter story by diving into atonement theories and practical ways we can talk about it with our littles, middles and bigs.
We chat through these questions:
1. What's your current take on the Easter story? What do you personally believe?
2. What are the seven main atonement theories (reasons people believe Jesus died)?
3. What do we do about Easter and our kids? How can we navigate the complicated adult themes that the Easter story holds?
4. Can you share with us specific age appropriate ways we might be able to study the Easter story with our kids?
5. Are there themes or ideas that you stay away from when you’re teaching the Easter story?
6. How do we create an environment where our kids feel safe to ask hard questions and also encourage them to honor differing beliefs?
Sarah is brilliant and funny, always a welcome guest at our podcast table. If you are struggling with how to celebrate (or NOT) Easter this year and what the heck to do with your kids and the messy, complicated themes surrounding it, this podcast episode is for you.
You can find the Sarah in these spaces:
Instagram: @parentingafterdeconstruction
Website: www.parentingafterdeconstuction.com
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