How we do Easter with our teens

As our children have grown to be 15 and 17 years of age, we have learned to be led by them. The moment we try and decide on their behalf or make something happen without a conversation, we hit resistance - and rightly so! Also, if we are doing something together that has blatant connection to scripture or our understanding of the Christian faith and our life with God, we try not to do is make it a “teachable moment” by adding to what we are sharing together. They already know, so reinforcing an obvious message leads to eye rolls and exasperated sighs!

So what I am sharing is not a fool proof plan of “doing Easter with your teens”, they are simply what we do as we have developed and grown as a family. Each aspect also overlaps with the others, I’ve just broken our Easter activities in to these themes to then pose questions as we go. First up then :