Today is Easter Sunday. It also would have been my grandfather's birthday (I forget which--maybe 88, 89?). He passed on a few years back. In no one's memory did Easter and his birthday fall on the same day. Interesting.
I visited a church today with my wife and sister and her fiance. We all seemed fine with it, but for him, he took exception to the various times when it was mentioned from the pulpit that this many people don't show up for a normal Sunday service and that they hoped that would change in the future. My guess is he isn't buying as completely into the whole Jesus thing at this point, so the petty remarks resounded more with him. But I had to agree. It's obvious that people show up on Christmas and Easter and don't come as often on other weekends. Shoot, I myself don't make it out every weekend, but usually catch the holidays. It's part tradition, part family expectation, part whatever else motivates the generally unmotivated. Still, I felt it was unnecessary to bring it up. Who cares why you have a loaded house to preach to? Give them the best of what you have. This might be their only chance to hear about the Good News, at least for another year. Don't trouble them with 'where were you's' and 'what about next week's'? Anyway, just my opinion.
This has been brought to you under the influence of several things, including some guava/papaya soup spiked with coconut rum. Yay, Jesus!
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