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My mom, being the loving mom that she is, loaded us up on potato salad and Easter ham. I have just finished a plate and my goodness, is it yummy.
I wonder, why is the traditional food of Easter a ham? I mean, Jesus was Jewish, after all. Maybe it's supposed to be symbolic of Christ's resurrection freeing us from literal strictures of the old covenant. But knowing American Protestants, it probably wasn't anything that deep or thoughtful. "It's a holiday! What should we eat after we get home from church? Oh look! Ham is on sale..." I like my explanation better :) If anybody asks me I'll say that's why I do it.
I haven't been very observant this Easter. For the last two days![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
christianity has been filled with one post after another full of deep, profound thoughts on Christ's magnificent triumph over sin; the sacred mystery of his glorious resurrection. And then there's me, grinding away on my World of Warcraft character and thinking no really deep thoughts of any kind.
I will say that I do think about Christ's life, death, and resurrection a lot. I don't talk about it much to anyone, but it's regularly on my mind. Maybe I haven't been getting into Easter very much this year because it's actually been Easter for me for a long time; it's a day that's never really far from my heart even if there are periods when my mind is less devout than it should be. Times such as now.
Happy Easter, everyone. However you celebrate it, and even if you don't celebrate it at all, may this special weekend find you in good health, good spirits, and among good friends.
I wonder, why is the traditional food of Easter a ham? I mean, Jesus was Jewish, after all. Maybe it's supposed to be symbolic of Christ's resurrection freeing us from literal strictures of the old covenant. But knowing American Protestants, it probably wasn't anything that deep or thoughtful. "It's a holiday! What should we eat after we get home from church? Oh look! Ham is on sale..." I like my explanation better :) If anybody asks me I'll say that's why I do it.
I haven't been very observant this Easter. For the last two days
christianity has been filled with one post after another full of deep, profound thoughts on Christ's magnificent triumph over sin; the sacred mystery of his glorious resurrection. And then there's me, grinding away on my World of Warcraft character and thinking no really deep thoughts of any kind.I will say that I do think about Christ's life, death, and resurrection a lot. I don't talk about it much to anyone, but it's regularly on my mind. Maybe I haven't been getting into Easter very much this year because it's actually been Easter for me for a long time; it's a day that's never really far from my heart even if there are periods when my mind is less devout than it should be. Times such as now.
Happy Easter, everyone. However you celebrate it, and even if you don't celebrate it at all, may this special weekend find you in good health, good spirits, and among good friends.
