Happy Easter, Everybody!!! If you’ve been to church on Easter in the last 50 years, you’ve probably heard the pastor call out, “He Is Risen”, with the congregation expected to answer, “He Is Risen, Indeed!” I’ve always been a little uncomfortable with chanting anything in a monotone voice, as it reminds me of zombies walking the streets with their eyes rolled back in their heads. And, I’ll admit – this got me thinking about zombies… This illustration is dealing with two separate (but related) sections of scripture to illustrate the point! The guards shook for fear and became like...

Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.  Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.  For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink!” – John 6:53-55 Growing up in the church, and spending the majority of my life involved in ministry, it wasn’t until I had to explain the act of Communion to my own children that I was forced to take a step back and really think about what it looked like to “outsiders”. “Drink his blood? That’s gross!”...

“From there Elisha went up to Bethel. On the way some boys came out of the city and made fun of him. They said to him, “Go up too, you baldhead! Go up too, you baldhead!” Elisha turned around, looked at them, and put a curse on them in the name of the Lord. Then two mother bears came out of the woods and tore forty-two of the boys to pieces.” – 2 Kings 2:23-24 Moral of the story – balding men are people too! Apparently, cranky people with little patience for hooligans and a direct line to God’s vigilante bear warriors. Word to the wise: You had better watch what you say about Howie Mandel from now...