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How are you spending your Easter Holiday?

Australia

That question took us a bit by surprise because, well, we hadn’t really put a lot of thought into it…

And we would be dramatically understating things to say that shocked our Australian friends.

Travel is an interesting thing and one of the most interesting things, in fact the very reason Greg states for wanting to travel in the first place, is to discover and challenge one’s own unknown assumptions.

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What do we assume is “normal” without even realizing that we’ve made an assumption in the first place because everyone around us makes the same one?

For example, in an urban culture (like the one we were raised in) 10PM is an early bedtime for a young professional.  Whereas in an agrarian culture…

(or a sailing one – “sailors midnight” is 9PM)

…10PM is an extremely late bedtime when you are accustomed to waking up at 6AM and 8AM is “sleeping in.”

(and no, we never got used to that… 😉 )

But what does this have to do with Easter?

Well, let us ask you this:

How important is Easter, as a holiday?   Continue reading “How are you spending your Easter Holiday?”

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Happy Easter!

As our friend Justin put it:

“Did you ever think they came up with a bunny that brings baskets of candy, and lays chocolate eggs, to prove you will believe anything?

Happy Resurrection Day!!”

We’ve always wondered why Easter isn’t a bigger deal in America.  Christmas is a big deal, no doubt about it.  While the birth of Jesus is important, it is not the central point of the faith.  The events surrounding Easter: Jesus dying and rising again are the clutch beliefs but we don’t seem to give this holiday the credit it deserves.  You can blame commercialism, the decline of society, etc. but ultimately, it’s us.  It’s not a big deal because we don’t make it a big deal.  For our fellow believers, today is our victory day and the reason we are who we are as a faith.  Just some food for thought to go with the chocolate.  Yes, chocolate.  We defy you to prove to us that God is not down with chocolate.

And bacon.  Not the BS bacon they cook out here in the middle of the ocean either, but the good old American bacon (these people just don’t get what they are missing…). Thank you Jesus for dying for us…and for bacon.  The forgiveness of sins thing is beyond comprehension awesome (it actually is a bit mind expanding to attempt to wrap your thoughts around the concept) and is more than we could ever even hope for but then you just went ahead and took it to the next level.  As a deity goes, seriously, you’re the best.

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