Well, this is it. The week of Easter. The Church's 'March Madness'; 'finals week'; 'World Series'; 'Super Bowl'; the all-in-all. For small-church pastors like me, this week can be a real drain; or it can be incredibly uplifting. I am shooting for the latter.
Wednesday we stuff easter eggs; Thursday we have Maundy Thursday service (maybe my favorite service of the year) - soup and bread meal, communion, feetwashing, walk the Stations of the Cross; Friday is a community service with five other churches; Saturday we have an Easter egg hunt; and SUNDAY... breakfast at 9 am/ worship at 10!!! Our philosophy on Easter Sunday is... simplify and enjoy.
There is much to do though, and I have no idea what I'm even going to preach yet... but I want to look at this week with much passion - rather than dread. I forget which chapter in Don Miller's TO OWN A DRAGON, but he talked about work being a blessing; a privilege. Yeah... I want to look at it more like that. It was a really good chapter. And work is really good. Especially the "work" I get to do. What a job I have... I am actually paid money to live out my faith. Thanks, God.
So... to work I go. If I don't write much this week... have a good one. Live passionately. Much peace. Revolution - now!
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