Today we begin Vacation Bible School or VBS. You may have memories of attending VBS when you were a kid or being a leader when your kids were young. It is a time of anticipation, of excitement, of fun, of learning and maybe a little chaos! Lots of planning goes into VBS, but it is not until the youth leaders and the kids show up on Monday morning that VBS becomes a reality.
A few weeks in Sunday School we were talking about the story of the Apostle Paul. His name at the time was Saul and he was not part of the church – he didn’t believe all that stuff about Jesus, and he wasn’t quiet about it. He was a bully, he ridiculed people, and he actively persecuted the church.
It is the 63rd day of March…or so it feels like. Even though the calendar says May and the season is called spring, we’re still talking about windchill. When will spring actually come?
Yesterday we heard the story of Jesus appearing to the disciples in a locked room, but Thomas was not there. You are probably familiar with this story as “doubting Thomas.” He says I’m not going to believe until I can touch the wounds in his hands.
I have always loved Palm Sunday. A jubilant springtime celebration where everyone is happy and people finally understand who Jesus is. Or sort of understand. Or momentarily think they understand.