The Cubs kicked off their season last night. Even though it was a loss, I’m still hopeful. In honor of a new baseball season and the celebration of hope yesterday on Easter, here’s an older post I wrote about hope springing eternal. The Chicago Cubs kicked off their 2013 season yesterday. I’ve been a fanRead more
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Good Friday has become one of my favorite holidays. I look forward to it more and more with each passing year. Obviously Easter is the apex of the Christian faith, but I appreciate the opportunity Good Friday gives us to pause and reflect. The celebration of Easter is only possible because of the suffering ofRead more
Eating is one of my favorite parts about life. Even though I’m trying to be better with my diet, I still enjoy eating; I’m just trying to enjoy healthier options and smaller portions of said options. Maundy Thursday is Holy Week’s celebration of food and fellowship. On the night before he was betrayed, Jesus satRead more
Man, I really got ahead of myself yesterday with Hydra. I forgot that Holy Wednesday is also called Spy Wednesday, which is a perfect day for MCU Holy Week. Spy Wednesday marks Judas’s betrayal of Jesus. Judas observed a woman in Bethany pour expensive perfume on Jesus’s head. Judas was taken aback by what heRead more
dreamwillow444 I was a really good kid growing up so I never got in that much trouble. I watched so many 80s high school movies in which teenagers threw wild parties and had to be on the lookout for their parents’ return. The closest I ever got to that type of vigilance was listening forRead more
The older I get the more I appreciate Good Friday and Easter. When I was younger we didn’t do much to celebrate Good Friday. Perhaps we went to a Good Friday service but I don’t remember. I do remember celebrating Easter every year, though. Unfortunately I was more interested in what was in my EasterRead more