My family has a yearly tradition of reading a chapter a day of the book of Luke, leading up to Christmas. It has been such an enriching experience that helps center our holiday season on what is most important to us. If you’d like to join us in these readings, I’m providing questions to talk through with your kids to help spark conversations and meaningful engagement with what you read. I hope it’s helpful!
(Here is where you can find background information or to start this project at Chapter 1.)
Before you start each night, think about the environment you’re creating for this experience. Check your heart. Lower your expectations. Here is where you can find more ideas on how to set yourself up for success.
Questions before you read Luke 24:
What happened to Jesus in the last chapter?
Who was planning on caring for Jesus’s body the next day?
I ask my kids to listen for this information while we’re reading and I’ll ask about it after we’re done:
Who went to the tomb to care for the body of Jesus?
Which disciple ran to the tomb to see for himself?
(Asking them to look for the information before you start reading is super helpful in keeping little learners engaged. They tend to listen pretty hard when they’re listening for something specific. I might even write the questions out so they can hold them and look for the information while we read. I will assign these questions to my youngest kids and target the longer discussion questions to my older kids. If my younger kids need to go to bed while we’re deep in discussion, they still had a chance to participate.)
Questions after you’ve read Luke 24:
Does it seem like anyone was expecting Jesus to rise from the dead?
Jesus explains how all of the Old Testament points to him. Where do you see the story of Jesus foreshadowed in the Old Testament?
How is the body Jesus has just like our bodies? How is it different?
The disciples were going to have to go through intense persecution. How did this experience with the risen Jesus make them bold enough and increase their faith so they could endure all that?
Was there anything else that stuck out to you or surprised you?