Expecting to Dye

Last weekend as I read the Sunday paper I took note (with perhaps a little too much glee) that Target had eggs on sale for 99 cents a dozen.  99 cents!  I couldn't resist the bargain, and when I commented to the woman checking me out how cheap they were, her response surprised me:

"It's for Easter!"

Guess I should have expected it.  What major retailer wouldn't want to take advantage of all that dyeing?  

The truth is, there's a lot of dying going on.  So much so, that most of us hardly even take notice.  That is until it hits close to home--someone we love--maybe even us.

It's springtime again--that crazy wonderful season when religious people of all stripes and spots make some fairly outrageous claims--of release from bondage--of light overcoming darkness--of blooming flowers and empty tombs and fear transformed into joy.  It's the time of year when we celebrate the hoped-for and the unexpected: when all that dying suddenly changes color...and there is life.

Joy and peace to all!

Steve

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