Comments on: Easter-The Secular and the Sprirtual http://www.highcountryparent.com/easter-the-secular-and-the-sprirtual/ Family Friendly Information and Fun Near Boone, NC Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:43:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Apollos http://www.highcountryparent.com/easter-the-secular-and-the-sprirtual/#comment-4124 Apollos Mon, 18 May 2009 19:55:15 +0000 http://www.highcountrymomsquad.com/?p=2646#comment-4124 Like most things that have crept into Christianity over the last 1700 years (worship on Sunday, church buildings, sermons, clergy etc), Easter comes from the Pagans. Even the name, Easter, is that of a Pagan Goddess (Eastre). To the Pagans, the rabbits and eggs represented fertility and rebirth. Like most things that have crept into Christianity over the last 1700 years (worship on Sunday, church buildings, sermons, clergy etc), Easter comes from the Pagans. Even the name, Easter, is that of a Pagan Goddess (Eastre). To the Pagans, the rabbits and eggs represented fertility and rebirth.

]]> By: admin http://www.highcountryparent.com/easter-the-secular-and-the-sprirtual/#comment-4123 admin Tue, 14 Apr 2009 02:13:05 +0000 http://www.highcountrymomsquad.com/?p=2646#comment-4123 Great article, Kendra! My kids asked the same thing this year, and it was weird to try to explain it. But the plan you've come up with is wonderful! I love it. It is all about balance isn't it? Great article, Kendra! My kids asked the same thing this year, and it was weird to try to explain it. But the plan you’ve come up with is wonderful! I love it. It is all about balance isn’t it?

]]> By: Gretchen http://www.highcountryparent.com/easter-the-secular-and-the-sprirtual/#comment-4122 Gretchen Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:27:22 +0000 http://www.highcountrymomsquad.com/?p=2646#comment-4122 I enjoyed your article. Sounds like you ahve come up with a great plan to include the bunny and eggs, etc, but not to distract from the real meaning of Easter on Sunday! :) I enjoyed your article. Sounds like you ahve come up with a great plan to include the bunny and eggs, etc, but not to distract from the real meaning of Easter on Sunday! :)

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