Easter- the red pill

"You take the blue pill - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe.
You take the red pill - you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes. " - Morpheus

So this morning didn't go as planned...

the gate was locked.... but we were met with an offering of hot chocolate.

the music wasn't stellar, waves were loud, tide was up, drowns out the guitar...

the meditation was wonderful..... for those that could hear it........

.....the most amazing thing about the sunrise service is the people that show up.

Almost 300 people this morning in biting cold, harsh winds, suffering through smoke inhalation and frozen toes.

Christ has risen.

I looked out into the crowd of people, people that I love,
people that were there because they have taken the red pill .....
and joy overflowed in my heart.

every year,
no matter what,
I love the Easter sunrise service.

for Holy Weekend

Triumphal Entry - (by my friend Errol Nadeau)

As God’s people, let’s prepare our hearts in prayer for the coming holy week.

Lord Jesus,

We are your people and we proclaim your coming.

Hosanna to the Son of David!
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!
Hosanna in the highest heaven!

We throw down our cloaks and palm branches before you.

See, your king comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

Son of David, riding on a donkey, royal procession, royal coronation.

Riding on a donkey, not on a white horse. Mission of peace, not of war or conquest.

This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee,

“Hosanna in the Highest!” “Crucify him!”

“Blessed be the King who comes in the name of the Lord!”
“We have no king but Caesar!”

We lay down garments of praise. A crown of thorns.

Naked and scourged, despised and rejected. “Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews”
Lord Jesus,

We are your people.

With one breath we praise you, with another, we condemn you.

By our actions we glorify you, and by our actions we betray you.

Lord Jesus, forgive us.

Make us your people.

Make us one, as You are One, to glorify your Name.

Amen