Easter Sunday!

Tomorrow ends our Lent series "Starting Over"; and our theme tomorrow is "Being Free".
Our Scriptures are the Revised Common Lectionary Scriptures for Easter which are:
Luke 24.1-12
1 Corinthians 15.19-26
Acts 10.34-43
Psalm 118.1-2, 14-24

This is part of our group from the Good Friday Hike yesterday. Apparently the GFH is a Catalina youth tradition that dates back at least to the early 80's. We hiked the trail to the Sabino Canyon Creek and Dam.

Newsboys Lose Phil Joel

Today I was visiting the Newsboys website because I am using one of their songs in the Easter service. I noticed something strange. All of the photos of the band had an empty spot where Phil Joel used to be. I tracked down the story and it seems that Dec. 31 was Phil's last day as a Newsboy. There are no plans right now to recruit a new bass player.

What if Jesus had a talk show?

This article is also from Mike DeVries' blog. It's about a guy in LA who does a call-in talk show as Jesus.

TWO Palm Sunday Processions

Go here to read an excrept from a book by Marcus Borg and John Crossan. The excerpt is quoted on Mike DeVries' blog. It tells the story that, in fact, TWO processions entered Jerusalem on the day we refer to as Palm Sunday. Read about it. It is fascinating and thought-provoking.

Check out Zach Lind's blog

Jimmy Eat World drummer Zach Lind is a pretty interesting person. He is a serious believer and is also quite a thinker. Check his blog at http://www.findingrhythm.com/blog/
Jimmy Eat World is one of my favorite bands and after seeing them at KFMA Day a couple of years ago, I must say they are one of the better LIVE performers that I have seen. Presently I am listening to JEW's Bleed American CD. Good stuff. I'm eagerly awaiting the new recording.