‘We wanted to make the resurrection come alive for our children’

Jono and Lucy started cooking meals from around the world and praying for other countries with their kids. Now, they’ve developed The Fisherman’s Meal, a way to experience the Easter story as a family together

“Mum, is it Eat & Amen today after nursery? Or is it tomorrow?” asks our four year old over breakfast. Her head tilts to one side as she tries to figure out the sequence of the week and how much longer it is until the family down tools in exchange for cookie cutters, mashers and peelers, boogies to some new tunes and tucks into fresh chapatis (or whatever food we’re cooking this week). In her mind, it is one big playtime with all her favourite people.

For all six of us, Eat & Amen is a high point of the week. It gives us adventure, connection and discipleship from our kitchen table. Raising four kids in a big city is intense, with so many competing demands on our time, energy, finances and relationships. Yet the rhythm of Eat & Amen has helped us to keep our most precious values as an integral thread in the fabric of our lives