Holy Week, Easter Sunday, and the Week After
I have taken as my official philosophy concerning religious holidays that I prefer for our family worship to be a consistent daily effort instead of a special effort around holidays. I believe that I should have as much reverence for God on June 3rd and September 29th as on Christmas Day or Easter Sunday. So, I let the holidays be about presents and baskets, with a nod to the history of the holiday, and put a lot of effort into our daily Morning Meetings and other family worship habits. But in General Conference a couple of Sundays ago, there were several suggestions to really celebrate Holy Week. I had been planning to ignore it (mostly), and just keep putting one foot in front of the other in our usual daily worship. But . . . there was this counsel from church leaders that I believe are inspired by God. So, I got to work trying to plan and implement a special week. It ended up being all about eggs . . . which sounds like a secular Easter celebration . . . but it was...