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This week I learned that Jesus was a zombie.
That is the whole point of Easter, right?
Celebrating when Jesus rose up as his zombie self to prove their was undead life after death?
My family went to church this morning (Shhh, don’t tell my mother. She would highly disapprove.) We went because I found a super-cute Easter outfit for my son at Once Upon a Child. My mom always said “the only reason to get an Easter outfit is if you go to church.” So, if you look at it that way, it is kind of her fault.
We also went to see my asbestos friend and her family.
And because the church was having a potluck breakfast and Easter egg hunt. It would be my son’s first Easter egg hunt, in a relatively riot-free environment.
My husband didn’t realize they were going to have a regular service after. He ended up going in the nursery with my son and taking a nap (New job, screwed up schedule, remember?). I stayed to listen to the sermon for two reasons.
The first and biggest reason is that we usually attend the church events, but not Sunday service. And the few times a year we do attend Sunday services, the church either doesn’t collect an offering or collects it for some charity other than themselves. While that is nice, it doesn’t make good business sense. They need one of those drop boxes for donations. It would make them more susceptible to burglary, but I would give more often. So, I had to stay until they collected the offering.
The second is that it only seemed polite. Get breakfast and eggs and ditch? That didn’t seem nice. And my whole family came, it seemed like at least one of us should actually stay in the church area (I can’t remember what it is called) and listen to the sermon.
The pastor talked about how Jesus rose and stood right next to a chick he had known and she didn’t recognize him.
Um, maybe because he was a rotting re-animated corpse?
And, corpse or not, if he rose again, what happened to him then?
Did he just say “Hey dudes, I did it!” and disappear into colored vapor? Did someone have to exorcise him? Did they have to kill him again? Shoot him with a silver bullet? Cut off his head?
Inquiring minds want to know. My entire biblical education amounts to watching the Charlton Heston movie “The Ten Commandments.”
I tell you, my new enlightenment today on this old story makes it seem WAY more interesting and contemporary. Because, you know, the zombies are coming soon…
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I’m glad you came. 🙂 I loved seeing M in his sweet little outfit and getting to visit with you a little. You have to keep coming to get the next chapter of the story and then you’ll know… no silver bullets, though there is mysterious flames of fire hovering over people’s heads at one point….