Another Easter. Not the one I was planning, but still the celebration remains the same. Easter is always such a solemn occasion, but I think it’s one of the most festive times really, when you think about it.
At my church we have a huge celebration. Typically we have a sanctuary service that is very low key and reflective. Then we leave the sanctuary and go to another building - having some sort of symbolic representation of passing from the old life into the new. One year we wrote down something that we keep trying to hang on to rather than give up to God. Then, as we exited the sanctuary, we tossed the paper into one of several fire pits. It was pretty cool.
Speaking of fire….one year, I’m not sure if it was Easter, but we had a huge show of sorts in the church courtyard and we burned someone at the stake. No, just kidding! There was a fire eater. I’ve never been that close to someone who is eating fire. Have to say that it’s quite fascinating. I mean, you can feel heat of the fire and all.
Back to Easter. So we enter our multi-purpose building and there are no chairs set up. The band plays and we just dance for an hour. It’s like a full on concert.
Our band is Something Like Silas. If you’ve heard their cd, it’s nothing like what they are like live. It’s great, but when you’re used to hearing them every week, the cd sounds so different.
I hope you all have a Happy Easter and remember that God is present and real and BIG!