While You Were Sleeping

Never waste any time you can spend sleeping.

Frank H. Knight

No wait. While I’m sleeping you’re reading this post.

While you were sleeping, I was prepping.

If you know. You know.

If you are of a certain age, you know. Or you should know.

I’ll spare you details. If you are amongst the uninitiated, you’ll find out soon enough.

It’s a rite of passage. So to speak.

I look forward to it mostly because of the nap, which is never long enough.

Unless maybe it’s like when I had the first procedure for Last Summer’s Great Unpleasantness (TM).

After it had been substantially longer than my wife had been told to expect me out of surgery, she called to check.

“He’s not waking up.”

“NOT WAKING UP????”

“Um, not waking up as quickly as we expected.”

This time my wife has to wait in the car so I’ll have to do what I can to shorten the nap cycle.

But I do plan to head home and run the dogs out of the comfy chair.

I may even do that before you get a chance to read this.



THINGS YOU SHOULD READ

Florida judge voids US mask mandate for planes, other travel
Associated Press
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The verdict is in: The Trump slandering is a pack of lies
New York Post
In a new filing, Durham reveals that the CIA concluded that cellphone data and Internet traffic provided by Clinton attorney Michael Sussmann was “not technically plausible” and “user created.” Just like the Christopher Steele dossier, they made it all up. Wish the CIA could have told us that. Read More.

Five liberal media outlets run by billionaires that have criticized Elon Musk’s attempted Twitter purchase
FOX News
As Elon Musk attempts to purchase Twitter, many journalists and political commentators have viewed the Tesla CEO’s plans to take over the social media giant as detrimental, and have slammed the idea of billionaire ownership, yet several liberal media organizations are themselves owned by billionaires. Read More.

EXCLUSIVE: Democrats Are Blocking Republican Efforts To Digitally Upload Hunter Biden’s Laptop
Daily Caller
House Judiciary Committee Democratic staff, which is responsible for entering documents into the record, is refusing to upload the laptop by citing technological limitations. Read More.

Racist Twitter Board Declares They Would Rather Go Bankrupt Than Be Owned By An African American
The Babylon Bee
“Over my dead body!” said angry board member Foghorn Callaway, twirling his mustache and shaking his cane in the air. “I’ll be hornswoggled if I ever allow an uppity foreigner own this glooooorious company!” Read More.

BORN ON THIS DAY

1903 – Eliot Ness, American law enforcement agent (d. 1957)
1925 – Hugh O’Brian, American actor (d. 2016)
1935 – Dudley Moore, English actor, comedian, and pianist (d. 2002)
1937 – Elinor Donahue, American actress
1946 – Tim Curry, English actor and singer
1981 – Hayden Christensen, American actor

BENEDICTION

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God,
and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.

2 Corinthians 13:14

RECAFFEINATED MONDAYS: But now what?

Landscape with Christ and his Disciples on the Road to Emmaus
Jan Wildens, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs.

And they talked together of all these things which had happened.

And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them.

Luke 24:13-15

Thanks to the pandemic and other considerations, it’s been a few years since we’ve been involved in ginormous Easter productions or concerts. There is much I could say about that, but that is another story, and sadly, another church.

Typically we’d be exhausted by Easter Sunday afternoon, and just want to get through the brunch or family dinner so that we could get to a nap, and perhaps the viewing of The Ten Commandments or maybe even Jesus Christ Superstar Live.

Yesterday, churches around the globe proclaimed that “He is risen, Indeed!” A joyous time and the most important time in the life of the church.

Without the resurrection, there is no hope. No reason to go on.

The disciples knew that and they set out to change the world.

Think about what the last 72 hours had been like for them.

With the arrest of Jesus in the garden, the crucifixion, and the despair of Saturday.

Then the emotions, the wonder, the majesty of Sunday, knowing that the tomb was empty and the Lord was alive.

What an emotional roller coaster they had been on. And amusement parks weren’t even opening up for

Mug Shots

spring break yet.

So, I can’t blame them if maybe, just maybe, on Monday morning Bartholomew looked at Nathaniel and said “Dude, I’m exhausted. I’m going to hit the beach for a couple of days.”

Of course they didn’t. And over the next forty days, Jesus would appear to them on multiple occasions.

Maybe though, his thirty-three years in human form made Jesus think enough to say “tarry here…”

Maybe he understood that they need to regain their physical strength before setting out. Most of them were not heading out for glorious endings.

So, while exuberance and celebration are necessary things, we need to be reminded that rest is also a spiritual act.

Sometimes it’s good to sit and be quiet and think over the things that have happened

And then it’s time to get up and go change the world.


 

THINGS YOU SHOULD READ

Florida Rejects Dozens Of Math Books Containing ‘Critical Race Theory’ And Other ‘Indoctrinating Concepts’
Daily Wire
The Florida Department of Education announced on Friday that after a recent review, 41% of proposed K-12 mathematics books intended for use during the 2022-2023 public school year did not meet state academic standards due to their apparent inclusion of Critical Race Theory principles and other controversial approaches to education. Read More.

‘This Is a Problem’ NBC Panics Over More Bad Polling for Dems
News Busters
On Sunday morning’s Meet the Press, anchor Chuck Todd and his panelists were clearly concerned about some recent polling that shows voters under 35 years old, and Hispanic voters are starting to “peel away” from Joe Biden and the Democrat Party, which is disastrous news for congressional Democrats this November. Read More.

Doctor Who: Former companions to join Jodie Whittaker’s farewell
BBC
The news was revealed in a trailer that followed the show’s Easter special. Read More.

BORN ON THIS DAY

1857 – Clarence Darrow, American lawyer (d. 1938)
1922 – Barbara Hale, American actress (d. 2017)
1934 – James Drury, American actor (d. 2020)
1946 – Hayley Mills, English actress
1947 – James Woods, American actor and producer
1963 – Conan O’Brien, American television host, comedian, and podcaster
1971 – David Tennant, Scottish actor

BENEDICTION

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God,
and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.

2 Corinthians 13:14