Jesus is the Light that shines in darkness.

A Celebration of Light in a Season of Darkness

Posted on by Michele Morin

When autumn lands with all its beauty, it’s reassuring that family celebrations around apples and pumpkins and brightly colored leaves will counteract the dread of encroaching darkness and falling temperatures. As the days grow short and the nights longer, Meadow Rue Merrill offers a sweet picture book story featuring an alternative fall celebration that focuses on the Light.

The Lantern Hill Light Parade invites readers to join Molly and her family for an autumn party in which Aunt Jenny’s festive preparations reassure the kids that they need not fear the darkness. The truth of God’s Word and the love of Jesus fill our hearts with a love that shines brightly in a dark world.

And perhaps it’s not only the kids who need this reminder… ?

When Jesus called himself the Light of the World, he was speaking into a context of oppressive political occupation and legalistic religious claustrophobia. The nation of Israel had been looking for a light for hundreds of years, and his Gentile listeners had no hope at all. It’s a great joy to read words of light and life in a season of frightening traditions–and a broader context of spiritual darkness.

Many thanks to Meadow Rue Merrill (a Maine author!) for providing a copy of this book to facilitate my review, which, of course, is offered freely and with honesty.

And since Thanksgiving is going to be here before we know it, start planning now to accept Meadow’s invitation to celebrate at Lantern Hill Farm. The Thanksgiving Blessing  is a direct hit on the true meaning of Thanksgiving set within the context of a delightful story featuring Molly and the Lantern Hill Farm Series family. 

The Lantern Hill Farm series of picture books and board books is designed to provide entertaining stories with easy to re-create activities, allowing children to be part of the holiday celebration but not the center of it.

Celebrating the Light that shines in darkness,

Michele Morin

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Published by Michele Morin

Michele Morin is a Bible teacher, writer, reader, and gardener committed to the truth that women can become confident Christ-followers and students of God's Word. She has been married to an unreasonably patient husband for thirty-plus years, and together they have four sons, four daughters-in-love, and six adorable grandchildren. Michele loves hot tea and well-crafted sentences, poems that stop her in her tracks, and days at the ocean with the whole family. She laments biblical illiteracy and advocates for the prudent use of “little minutes.” She blogs at Living Our Days, and you can connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter.

27 thoughts on “A Celebration of Light in a Season of Darkness”

  1. Halloween & Deepawali, fall almost the same time. Here in India, we celebrate both with equal excitement…This monthr, 28th is the festival of lights & 31st is Halloween

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  3. Looks wonderful. My kids are all grown but maybe i can use these books whenever my kids get around to having children.

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