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This easter I focused on one aspect of the Death and Resurrection: the inbetween time. My question: what would have happened if Jesus had just died? If he had never rose again. I believe it is terribly obvious that the Church would have flopped. After Jesus' death the disciples scattered and hid because they were afraid. What gave them the umption (in their gumption) to get the church going? The Resurrection. The Risen Christ!

I have a bag of easter eggs left over from last year's hunt. I was going to place them in strategic locations all over campus but have yet to complete this task. The eggs, however, got me thinking:

See Christ as an egg (a real one.. not plastic with candy inside). Christ the egg: a symbol of new life. Crucifxion. The egg is broken. The white and yoke spill over the peices of shell. Resurrection. God rebuilds his egg. Christ the egg lives. The church is birthed from the egg.

After thinking about this all weekend and coming to an understanding last night of how blessed I truly am (no resurrection=end of new covenant=old covenant [law] dominates=no hope for gentiles=no hope for me), the pastor at my dormmate Sarah J's church talked about the Saturday in between the crucifixion and the resurrection. Coincidence? No, divine plannning. 1 Corinthians 15:12-19. Read it.

In other news: I got to eat real food today! Ham, potatoes, fresh-baked bread, hardboiled eggs, snicker salad, strawberry shortcake. So good! Real food is such a luxury.

Still in other news: Catherine is coming home with me for a few days and we are going to do some hiking on Friday morning if any of you (not in school..) are interested.

Only two more finals! IDIS is tomorrow and it is supposed to be a killer. SO, I may die. But in order to prevent that I will go study now. Wednesday is my final final: public speaking. Please pray. Thanks.