Epiphany & Lent; is the second volume in the Let Us Keep the Feast: Living the Church Year at Home series. In the Introduction; the editor of the series; Jessica Snell provides a great introduction to the Let Us Keep the Feast Series correlating the church year with scripture and sharing her desire to help people in their homes develop their own traditions related to the church year. She particularly focuses on young families.
The book then moves into Epiphany in the second section. I love the fact that Epiphany is included since it is an often overlooked church season. In this section; I did learn some things as I had not read about Twelfth night parties or doing house blessings during the Epiphany season before. However, since Epiphany is an overlooked season of the church year; I believe that this section could have contained much more content; especially in the areas of traditions throughout the world; recipes and ideas for young families. The Epiphany section provided a great introduction but left me wanting more.
For me the Lent section did not offer any new ideas. I did not gain anything from it. Again; this section could have included recipes and more discussion on various traditions and practices throughout the church universal. The Lent section; however, did provide the novice with a great introduction to Lent and in simple language explained the season well.
The most unique facet of this book is the inclusion of scriptures to memorize along with the prayers for each season. This a very valuable tool and great bonus for young families who want to use scripture and prayers with their children but do not have time to do their own studying.
I would recommend this book for anyone who is not familiar with Epiphany or Lent at all as well as anyone with children who is looking for a very basic resource for their family. The book is written in simple to understand language so that even older children could read from it. If you have grown up with the seasons of the church year and/or have studied them as I have them; this book is not worth your time.
The book then moves into Epiphany in the second section. I love the fact that Epiphany is included since it is an often overlooked church season. In this section; I did learn some things as I had not read about Twelfth night parties or doing house blessings during the Epiphany season before. However, since Epiphany is an overlooked season of the church year; I believe that this section could have contained much more content; especially in the areas of traditions throughout the world; recipes and ideas for young families. The Epiphany section provided a great introduction but left me wanting more.
For me the Lent section did not offer any new ideas. I did not gain anything from it. Again; this section could have included recipes and more discussion on various traditions and practices throughout the church universal. The Lent section; however, did provide the novice with a great introduction to Lent and in simple language explained the season well.
The most unique facet of this book is the inclusion of scriptures to memorize along with the prayers for each season. This a very valuable tool and great bonus for young families who want to use scripture and prayers with their children but do not have time to do their own studying.
I would recommend this book for anyone who is not familiar with Epiphany or Lent at all as well as anyone with children who is looking for a very basic resource for their family. The book is written in simple to understand language so that even older children could read from it. If you have grown up with the seasons of the church year and/or have studied them as I have them; this book is not worth your time.
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In compliance with the new rules issued by The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that become effective on December 1, 2009; I, Jennifer Trently hereby acknowledge that I received Advance Review Copies(ARC) of this book; a common practice in the Industry; from the publisher and did not accept any monetary payment in exchange for a review or mention nor am I obligated in any way to review the book favorably.
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