Lingering Over Easter

So, from where I stand, I can still see Easter pretty clearly in my rearview mirror. It was only one week ago, on March 31st, 2024, that we celebrated Resurrection Sunday, and I've said before that I feel like we need to extend Easter. You've found Kingdom Offerings, this is the podcast environment of 100 Fold Ministries, and we love to talk about the Kingdom of God. And I want to talk about it in the context of Easter a little bit longer, because usually about the time we get in the mood to celebrate Easter, the moment's over.

And I get it that Ash Wednesday kind of kicks off the worship of Christ on the cross some 40 days ago, but I don't know, it doesn't feel like the Church doesn't seem to make much of a deal out of the Lenten season so much anymore, and so it kind of passes slowly or quickly, but not with a lot of consideration. So I don't really think we get started in earnest in celebrating Easter until Palm Sunday, one week ahead, then the next weekend, and then it's over. And I guess I could look at this somewhat thankfully, because I guess Resurrection Sunday hasn't been co-opted by our culture for monetary purposes like Christmas has been. Christmas seems to start sometime in September, at least in Target with Christmas music.