Wishing you the happiest Easter/Resurrection Day, as we celebrate Christ laying down His life, so that we might live.
We are celebrating by going to church. Then later for dinner ,we will have deviled eggs, ham, scalloped potatoes, and corn casserole. No Easter baskets for us old folks.
But the message of the day is this:
Have a Blessed Easter!
I’m also celebrating the fact that our missing pilot (SWO Officer) was rescued early on Easter Morning! A true answer to prayer. Here is a link some great reporting of the whole story by Author M.A. Rothman:
*This is another review I did for The Historical Novel Society.
In 1812 New York, Easter Hackley is born to a white man and a Native American (Algonquin) woman. She grows up as America is growing. She marries young and accompanies her husband Will to Ohio, looking for land to homestead. As Easter and her family survive on the land, America is struggling. Andrew Jackson has come up with a plan to relocate the “natives.” Congressman David Crockett is horrified, and he joins with John Ross, the son of a white man and a Cherokee woman, to try and stop the removal. As Easter’s family continues to grow, so does America, and with that growth comes the good and the bad.
Easter is described as an amazing woman, and she definitely knows how to survive on the land better than most of the other female pioneers. She provides well for her family by using the skills her Algonquin mother taught her, fighting against great odds and extreme circumstances.
Easter’s story is entertaining, but this book also tells the story of America through the points of view of a large cast of characters, including Davy Crockett. Some of views become almost separate stories unto themselves, as they are not closely tied or tied at all to Easter. This makes the novel less cohesive, but still interesting and informative.
In this novel, Easter is the daughter of an Algonquin woman, Sooleawa. Sooleawa is fictionalized, but it is hard to reconcile the fact that Easter is portrayed as half Native American and still supported Andrew Jackson and willingly took over land in Ohio from which Native Americans had been “cleared.” This makes her appear much less remarkable than she is otherwise portrayed.
I received a free copy of this book via The Historical Novel Society. My review is voluntary and the opinions expressed are my own.
As a Christian, the most important days are Good Friday, which marks the day Jesus was crucified, and Easter, which celebrates his resurrection. That sacrifice made it possible for mankind to enter the Kingdom of God. Have a most blessed day! Below is a poem about the reason for that sacrifice.
Who Killed Me?
Was it the Romans? Or the Jews? Is Pilate to blame? Or the Philistines? Is Judas at fault?
No. I walked into that Garden Knowing I was going to die. It was planned long ago between my Father and Me.
There was agony unmeasured But then I rose As a living sacrifice I paid the price For original sin.
Now I wait in the Kingdom of Heaven Who will join me?
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