Did you grow up watching someone, maybe a grandparent, make a butter lamb? These sweet butter sculptures traditionally accompany the Easter meal for many Russian, Slovenian and Polish families. Butter is shaped into a lamb either by hand or in a lamb-shaped mold. You might want make one for your celebration. Try these easy directions to create your own little Easter butter lamb covered in woolly curls. It is cute, decorative and symbolic for your holiday table.
Pineapple Ham Glaze Sauce
While on the phone with my daughter, Jamie, I was telling her that I am finally getting around to posting this old family recipe we serve with ham. She laughed and told me she made it just yesterday and had to ask her sister for the recipe. Pineapple ham glaze is the perfect sauce to compliment baked ham. It is an easy recipe that takes just a few minutes and a few ingredients to make but adds so much flavor. Serve it on the side with your Easter or Christmas baked ham or with a grilled ham slice.Continue ReadingEaster Weekend
Think on These Things # 8 Glorious Day
In Christ Alone
Songwriters: Getty, Julian Keith; Townend, Stuart Richard
In Christ alone my hope is found
He is my light, my strength, my song
This Cornerstone, this solid ground
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm
What heights of love, what depths of peace
When fears are stilled, when strivings cease
My Comforter, my All in All
Here in the love of Christ I stand
In Christ alone, who took on flesh
Fullness of God in helpless Babe
This gift of love and righteousness
Scorned by the ones He came to save
Til on that cross as Jesus died
The wrath of God was satisfied
For every sin on Him was laid
Here in the death of Christ I live, I live
There in the ground His body lay
Light of the world by darkness slain
Then bursting forth in glorious Day
Up from the grave He rose again
And as He stands in victory
Sin’s curse has lost its grip on me
For I am His and He is mine
Bought with the precious blood of Christ
No guilt in life, no fear in death
This is the power of Christ in me
From a life’s first cry to final breath
Jesus commands my destiny
No power of hell, no scheme of man
Could ever pluck me from His hand
Til He returns or calls me home
Here in the power of Christ I stand
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Dying He Saved Me
Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit
John 19:30
Glorious Day (Living He Loved Me)
Casting Crowns
Lyrics
One day when Heaven was filled with His praises
One day when sin was as black as could be
Jesus came forth to be born of a virgin
Dwelt among men, my example is He
Word became flesh and the light shined among us
His glory revealed
Living, He loved me
Dying, He saved me
Buried, He carried my sins far away
Rising, He justified freely forever
One day He’s coming
Oh glorious day, oh glorious day
One day they led Him up Calvary’s mountain
One day they nailed Him to die on a tree
Suffering anguish, despised and rejected
Bearing our sins, my Redeemer is He
Hands that healed nations, stretched out on a tree
And took the nails for me
Living, He loved me
Dying, He saved me
Buried, He carried my sins far away
Rising, He justified freely forever
One day He’s coming
Oh glorious day, oh glorious day
One day the grave could conceal Him no longer
One day the stone rolled away from the door
Then He arose, over death He had conquered
Now is ascended, my Lord evermore
Death could not hold Him, the grave could not keep Him
From rising again
Living, He loved me
Dying, He saved me
Buried, He carried my sins far away
Rising, He justified freely forever
One day He’s coming
Oh glorious day, oh glorious day
One day the trumpet will sound for His coming
One day the skies with His glories will shine
Wonderful day, my Beloved One bringing
My Savior Jesus is mine
Living, He loved me
Dying, He saved me
Buried, He carried my sins far away
Rising, He justified freely forever
One day He’s coming
Oh glorious day, oh glorious day
Glorious day
Oh glorious day
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Pretty Easter Cake and Spritz Cookies
Dessert this Sunday includes Pretty Easter Cake and Spritz Cookies. The layered cake is frosted with a sprinkling of flaked coconut. The classic spritz cookies are decorated with pastel colored sprinkles.Continue Reading
Crochet Easter Egg
Is there a new little sweetheart in your family? Though not typical Easter colors I think this pink and blue crochet Easter egg makes a cute baby’s 1st Easter keepsake. You can make a solid color egg, use variegated yarn or choose any combination of colors for your egg.
Little Wooden Cross from Sticks
I just love the simplicity of this project. Easily made from sticks gathered from your yard, a humble little wooden cross is so symbolic. Attach a tag with the bible verse from Luke 2:11, “a Savior has been born to you”, and it is perfect as you celebrate Easter or even Christmas. These little stick crosses are a sweet and easy holiday craft to make for or with kids.Continue ReadingThink on These Things #7 Pierced
We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Isaiah 53:6
He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth
Isaiah 53:7
He poured out his life unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors. For he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
Isaiah 53:12
Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted.
Isaiah 53:4
The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
John 1:29
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Crochet Easter Decorations
Sharing the sweet vintage pattern for crochet Easter eggs. Crochet in pretty pastel colors and fill a basket or bowl for a lovely and decorative holiday centerpiece. Pattern works up quickly and uses just a little yarn.Continue Reading
Pineapple Spoonbread
Serving a baked ham for Easter? Looking for a delicious side dish? Pineapple Spoonbread is a casserole we first had at my sister-in-laws when we were first married many, many years ago. It quickly became a favorite and goes with ham like stuffing goes with turkey.Crochet Easter Egg
Each Easter I bring out a basket full of crochet decorations that my mom and I made way back in 1978. Here is an easy pattern for Crochet Easter Egg that separates to open. Fill with a little Easter grass, tuck in candy or small toys and tie to close. Continue ReadingCrochet Chocolate Diorama Easter Egg
Crochet Chocolate Diorama Easter Egg, is a crochet project my mom and I came up with during one of her visits when I was living in Ohio. We were several states away from one another and I was expecting my first child. By the time we were finished we had crocheted a basket full of sweet Easter decorations that I bring out and displayed each spring.Christ the Lord is ris’n today, Alleluia!
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Easter Bread
I posted this pretty Easter Bread
with dyed eggs last year but thought I would share again.
I tried something a little different this time. Because
my family thought the eggs weren’t cooked as much as they like,
I hard boiled the eggs first instead of putting them on the bread
dough raw and allowing them to bake in the oven.
We thought they were better this way.
The eggs can be eliminated all together if you prefer. 
The eggs can be eliminated all together if you prefer.
Here is my recipe
Dough Ingredients:
1 large egg plus enough water to equal 1 cup 2 Tablespoons
1/4 cup butter at room temp.
1 1/2 tsp. salt
3 cups Bread flour (add a little more if dough seems too wet)
3 tbsp. nonfat Dry milk
3-5 tbsp. sugar
2 tsp. bread machine yeast
If Desired: 5-6 raw eggs, dyed and brought to room temperature (I have found if the eggs are cold, they will not cook completely during the baking time for the bread)
Dough Instructions:
- Place dough ingredients in bread pan in order listed above
- Set on Basic Dough
- When cycle is completed, remove dough from bread pan onto a lightly floured board.
- Cover with inverted bowl and allow to rest 15 minutes.
- Divide dough in half.
- Roll each piece into a log about 24-inches long.
- Pinch top edges together and begin braiding each piece over the other.
- Form into a circle and pinch ends together.
- Transfer to a baking sheet sprayed with PAM.
- Gently snuggle each egg into the dough. It helps to make an indentation with your fingers so the egg sits deep enough.
- Cover; let rise in a warm, draft-free place 1 hour or until double in size.
Baking Directions:
Bake at 350 degrees for about 25-30 minutes or until golden brown.
In addition, you may want to drizzle on a glaze made of 1/2 cup confectioners sugar, 1/2 tsp. melted butter, splash of almond extract and a few grains of salt stirred with a bit of milk, water or orange juice to desired consistency.
NOTES:
*For a large opening in the center of the finished braided bread, I coated a Pyrex bowl (5-inch diameter) with PAM and placed the braided dough around it. (see top photo).
The bread looks just fine baked without the bowl as seen in the above photo 
* I have made two smaller breads by cutting the dough from the bread machine in half and then proceeding by cutting each of those in half to begin braiding. You will probably want to reduce the baking time to about 18-20 minutes.
Baked with or without the eggs, it makes a delicious bread.
Easter Springtime Bird Nests
These cute Easter springtime bird nests are edible nests and adorable for for welcoming spring. Wouldn’t they look sweet at each place setting around the holiday table? Pretty pastel candy eggs nestled in twig-like bundles make a lovely welcome to dinner guests. They are made using Chow Mein noodles giving the appearance of sticks gathered by the birds to construct their nests.Continue Reading