Comments on: Easter Is a Season, Not a Day

By: Me2

Me2 — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 12:55:03 +0000

This is part of the reason my husband and I are leaving the evangelical world and going to the Lutheran world.

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By: briank

briank — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 23:49:39 +0000

I agree with the theory —but I don’t believe it works out in practice, (so i guess i really don’t agree with our theory ) —we should celebrate Jesus birth & resurrection everyday, but to try & celebrate every aspect of Jesus’ life in this world everyday – even every Sunday would be to everything sub-par, instead of hopefully focusing on each individual aspect of Jesus life at a time. I would sugguest Jesus’ life is too great for our human brains to take in all at once. (at least it’s too great for my brain all at once. Thanks for your comments I can see your living Jesus ressurection every chance you get. thanks peace

By: JoanieD

JoanieD — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 17:52:52 +0000

I understand what you are saying, scottee, but I do think a time to REALLY focus in on the resurrection is healthy. We need to remember that there really was a particular day in history that a man rose from the dead with a glorified body. That man spoke, walk, ate and spent time with his friends. We can remember this every day, but we also get so busy with the daily-ness of our days that sometimes the amazing-ness of the resurrection can pass us by. We need to remember, like the apostle Thomas, upon seeing Jesus resurrected, “My Lord and my God!”

By: RussWrites

RussWrites — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 17:41:38 +0000

While we are on the subject, shouldn’t we call Easter, Passover?

And, yes, I agree our sin being passed over is something to celebrate with each day, not just one day.

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By: scottee

scottee — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 17:10:19 +0000

I always wondered why we need Easter (and Christmas for that matter). I’m not saying that we shouldn’t celebrate it, but rather, shouldn’t we be celebrating it everyday? Not just one day, or one season. Isn’t that what we’re to be proclaiming everyday of our lives, that Jesus came to earth, died on a cross, and rose from the grave, that whoever might believe in Him would have eternal life? That sounds like Christmas, Good Friday, and Easter all rolled into one. I understand that we as humans are forgetful, and so we need festivals, be it days or seasons, to remind us of obvious things that we tend to forget but should be remembering all the day. But doesn’t celebrating a day or season almost give the excuse that this is “the time to celebrate the resurrection,” as if the rest of the year is for focusing on other things. (To me, only celebrating Jesus birth during Christmas never made sense either, because the birth means nothing without the death and resurrection as well.)

By: a midwesterner

a midwesterner — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 16:51:21 +0000

Events can be strategized, planned, advertised and marketed, organized, staffed, set up, prayed for, executed, cleaned up after, reviewed and evaluated, and followed up.

I was so struck by this exact thing yesterday. There was a lovely cantanta with a written message from the woman who planned and directed it in the bulletin…asking everyone to contemplate the words with her. An hour of music may not be for everyone, but it was an honest expression of her heart and the heart of the singers and musicians (small church). It was what they brought to share.

Then, the pastor gets up at the end to give an invitation, and proceeds to start thanking individuals (director, narrator, etc.) by name for their “great job” and “providing us with a great service.” He said more, but I was immediately struck by the fact that the whole tone of the morning changed — we were being told we had just watched a carefully planned event/show that was now over. And it was all thanks to individuals!! Oh, and the kicker: “i am sure that we have glorified the Lord here this morning.”

By: greg r

greg r — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 16:00:58 +0000

that we also instrumentalize charity, serving the poor â€” we expect it to prepare the soil for conversions, and if these donâ€™t happen, we give up rather quickly on the charity, too

this is spot on and perhaps we’ll see a post on this in the future: charity has it’s own reward, it’s not a spice or an add on, it’s not the “opening act” for side door evangelism; nice post Wolf P