I remember when I was a “first responder.” I remember when I was certified to be a part of those individuals who were providing an “essential service.” I remember when an acute, community need would be present, such as a house fire, and I would be called out to perform the essential service for which…
One of the great Gospel songs I’ve very much enjoyed singing on Easter Sunday mornings in my Cleveland-church experience is the loud, dynamic, rhythmic and just-plain-joyful fun anthem, “He Got Up!” With this past Holy Week, I’ve been reminded of it several times as Easter approached. And while the “Great Gettin’ Up” of the anthem proclaims…
Just a few weeks ago when I was a kid, Easter Sunday was (once I was up and awake) a happy, busy ordeal. My family would get up an hour before the sun, be dressed, out the door and in place at church for Easter Sunday morning services – services which started precisely at sunrise. The hymn…