Holy week is drawing to a close. It has gone by without me paying much attention. That bothers me because this is the most important week in the Christian calendar. What is the problem with me?
Part of it is I am not currently involved in a local church. We are in transition and it is hard to get committed for a short period of time. Also I am getting critical in my old age. I can find churches that have good preaching but insipid music. I can find churches that have a little better music but either boring or heretical preaching. When we move I hope to get serious about being involved. It will help me in my spiritual focus.
Another part of the neglect is the influence of my work culture. I remember when “spring break” was Easter vacation. When I have this discussion with people I keep asking, “Then why do we have a week off in the middle of the year?” I have yet to get any answer of any substance. We don’t have school in summer because farmers needed their children to work the fields. We have no such reason for spring break or winter break. Schools started giving holy week off because the educators were believers and the community demanded it. Now we have the tradition but not the reason. Now it’s meaning is ignored in the name of multiculturalism, tolerance and diversity. Another name for that is anti-Christian bigotry.
To my shame I have been influenced by my culture.
Maybe next year will be better.
homo unius libri
lol - And then there's the Sabbath and the heathen roots of "Christmas" and "Easter!"
ReplyDeleteMaybe we could start a new denomination that does no work on Saturday and has an annual lottery to determine a special day to celebrate the incarnation and the resurrection. Better yet we could do like the early church and worship on both Saturday and Sunday and celebrate every week.
DeleteSince we can't get most people to even read their Bibles I am not sure how much luck we would have.
Grace and peace.