Greensboro, NC (February 28, 2022)
Best-selling family devotional author Marty Machowski helps families celebrate the Passion and Easter weeks with his new two-in-one, upside-down book, Darkest Night Brightest Day (New Growth Press/February 28, 2022). Focusing on the main events the week of the crucifixion, Darkest Night is designed for families to read beginning on Palm Sunday. There are seven stories, one for each day of the week, that recount the events of Passion week ending with Christ’s crucifixion and burial.
On Easter morning, families will flip the book over and continue by reading Brightest Day with seven more stories that recount appearances of Jesus after the resurrection, his ascension, and Pentecost. Children are sure to remember the contrast between the darkness at the death of our Lord and the light-filled events from Christ’s resurrection onward.
“There are a number of passion week devotionals available for families, a few more include Easter week, but none of these are illustrated and flip upside down like Darkest Night Brightest Day. I wanted a book that would make celebrating Easter engaging and fun,” says Machowski. “I suggest families start a tradition of reading the first half recounting the passion week and then positioning the book prominently in their home with the Darkest Night cover showing. Then Saturday night, after the children go to bed, flip the book upside down and around to show the Brightest Day side and surround the book with treats for an Easter morning surprise.”
Written for families with preschool and grade school children, Machowski weaves each Gospel account together into one harmonized story and provides questions for family discussion. Each day’s devotional can easily be completed in ten minutes around the dinner table or at bedtime. This beautiful hardback book, illustrated by Phil Schorr, is sure to become a treasured family favorite to be used every Easter as a reminder of how God turned the darkest night into the brightest day.
Pastor and author Champ Thornton writes, “In Darkest Night Brightest Day best-selling children’s author Marty Machowski once again provides families with a devotional they can trust and enjoy together! With stunning illustrations and helpful discussion questions, this Easter devotional is a new and fresh retelling of the old, old Story. Through the cross and empty tomb, history was changed and lives are transformed. The difference is night and day.”
Darkest Night Brightest Day
A Family Devotional for the Easter Season
Marty Machowski
New Growth Press
Genres: Children’s, Family, Easter
Release Date: February 28, 2022
ISBN-10: 1645072088
ISBN-13: 978-1645072089
Book Summary:
Start a new Easter season tradition with your family by reading this beautifully illustrated “upside-down” book from Marty Machowski that includes fourteen Bible stories. The first side, Darkest Night, has seven stories that recount the events of Passion week ending with Christ’s crucifixion and burial. Flip the book over and continue by reading Brightest Day with seven more stories that progress from Christ’s resurrection through Pentecost. Children are sure to remember the contrast between the darkness at the death of our Lord and the light-filled events from Christ’s resurrection onward.
Machowski weaves each Gospel account together into one harmonized story and provides questions for family discussion. Focusing on the main events the week of the crucifixion, Darkest Night is designed for families to read one story each day, beginning on Palm Sunday. Once the week ends, they will start with Brightest Day on Easter Sunday. The stories for the week following Easter recount appearances of Jesus after the resurrection, his ascension, and Pentecost.
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