dual personalities

Now if Christ is preached that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? ¹³ But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not risen. ¹⁴ And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty. ¹⁵ Yes, and we are found false witnesses of God, because we have testified of God that He raised up Christ, whom He did not raise up—if in fact the dead do not rise. ¹⁶ For if the dead do not rise, then Christ is not risen. ¹⁷ And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins! ¹⁸ Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. ¹⁹ If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable.

²⁰ But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. ²¹ For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead. ²² For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive.

–1 Corinthians 15: 12-22

I hope you had a wonderful Easter weekend. Mine was full of church and family, just the way I like it. We went to church on Good Friday and on Easter Sunday. On Easter Saturday daughter #1 and I sat out on the patio in the sunshine and then we listened to some Talking Heads. The OM got Mexican takeout and then we watched Ben-Hur (1959)–part one.

The weather was not so great on Easter Sunday–rainy and chilly–so we had an egg hunt inside after church, and that was okay. Flexibility is key.

We played with some old toys and with a new toy…

…and ate a lot of jelly beans…

We also ate a delicious meal…

on a lovely table…

While eating, we were reminiscing about the Good Friday tornado in 2011 and Lottie interrupted saying, ‘A tornado?! Tornados are hot air and cold air meeting and swirling around.”

I said, “How do you know that?!”

She said, “We watched a video at school.” Table conversation is always interesting at our house!

Here we are reading one of the wee laddie’s favorite book, “Weapons of WWII.” He’s a real chip off the old block.

We also FaceTimed with daughter #2 and heard all about their egg hunt…

All the egg hunting reminded me of the year long past–around the time we moved to our house in the early nineteen-sixties when I was about the twins’ age–when my older brother (about 10 or 11 at the time) staged an Easter egg hunt for our parents. He surmised that they might appreciate searching for the eggs for once. I’m sure my father was non-plussed but I’m sure my mother was touched. My DP and I probably wondered, “What about us?” It’s funny the things you remember in your dotage.

Sunday night we watched Ben-Hur–part two.

The perfect way to wrap up a great weekend.

Now after the Sabbath, as the first day of the week began to dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. ² And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone ^[a]from the door, and sat on it. ³ His countenance was like lightning, and his clothing as white as snow. ⁴ And the guards shook for fear of him, and became like dead men.

⁵ But the angel answered and said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. ⁶ He is not here; for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. ⁷ And go quickly and tell His disciples that He is risen from the dead, and indeed He is going before you into Galilee; there you will see Him. Behold, I have told you.”

–Matthew 28: 1-7