Day 34 - 40 Days of Focus: Evangelism

Easter Sunday

O.K. so your neighbors and co-workers don’t go to church on Easter. What does it feel like to hear about Easter and know that it’s a really big deal around the world and yet not understand why? I’d like to hear from some of you who could answer that question from experience. I was raised in the Church and we always celebrated Easter and Christmas as special times of remembrance. But what does it feel like when Easter is only about frilly dresses and plastic eggs and a bunny that brings them? Where did the idea of eggs and bunnies come from? It seems a bit empty to make such a big deal over the commercialized version of Christmas and Easter. Do non-church attenders feel a curiosity about why these holidays are so important to Christians? It is the story of Jesus death and resurrection that make all of life make sense. It’s how we understand the brokenness that is all around us and even inside us. It’s also the hope that the cycle of brokenness will one day have a happy ending when Jesus sets everything right again. Is it possible that inviting a friend, neighbor or co-worker to Church this Easter is just what they are waiting for?