Easter - 2010 - What Does Easter Mean to YOU?
Easter is a time of reflection for everyone. Whether you're reflecting on the resurrection of "da lord" or a delectable milk chocolate egg is up for debate this morning.
I can remember every year, since I was four years old, when my Mom would --err, the Easter Bunny would leave little colorful clue cards with sing-songy Easter Goodie Hunt instructions on them. The first would always appear on the dresser in my bedroom. There, every year my Easter adventure would start and after 6 or so cards, and arm-fulls of stuff, the adventure would conclude and I would enjoy my bounty and the ensuing somehow-tolerable stomach ache.
I don't come from a religious family in general so - this has been Easter for me for my entire life. This has followed me into adulthood and the tradition has now transitioned to another Wilkerson, my daughter Jade, who pranced and collected a similar, tasty stack 'o goodies. The difference is that most of them were sugar free. Her smiles are golden, the "hunt" always electric and her zeal is something I always try to encapsulate in just about everything I do in my business and personal lives.
But am I missing a bigger picture? What might religion have to offer the guy that has always believed that Easter Sunday was the day to put on the Sherlock Holmes detective cap to find some sweetened, sguary vittles rather than revel in Jesus' resurrection?
Later this month, I'll be initiating a relationship with St. Joe's Radio - an icon out in California to begin a series of interviews, information-sharing events and more that will help me, Mike Wilkerson, take a look at what value I've perhaps missed with religion in a series I've yet to name yet, but will surely yield some interesting results. I'll be interviewing people from all walks of religious life, from the "normal fatherly dude" like me, to some prominent figures in the entertainment landscape that take time and effort to ensure that religion is peppered into their daily lives.
So let's start a grand and respectful dialog today, Easter morning, 2010:
What value do YOU take from religion?
I can remember every year, since I was four years old, when my Mom would --err, the Easter Bunny would leave little colorful clue cards with sing-songy Easter Goodie Hunt instructions on them. The first would always appear on the dresser in my bedroom. There, every year my Easter adventure would start and after 6 or so cards, and arm-fulls of stuff, the adventure would conclude and I would enjoy my bounty and the ensuing somehow-tolerable stomach ache.
I don't come from a religious family in general so - this has been Easter for me for my entire life. This has followed me into adulthood and the tradition has now transitioned to another Wilkerson, my daughter Jade, who pranced and collected a similar, tasty stack 'o goodies. The difference is that most of them were sugar free. Her smiles are golden, the "hunt" always electric and her zeal is something I always try to encapsulate in just about everything I do in my business and personal lives.
But am I missing a bigger picture? What might religion have to offer the guy that has always believed that Easter Sunday was the day to put on the Sherlock Holmes detective cap to find some sweetened, sguary vittles rather than revel in Jesus' resurrection?
Later this month, I'll be initiating a relationship with St. Joe's Radio - an icon out in California to begin a series of interviews, information-sharing events and more that will help me, Mike Wilkerson, take a look at what value I've perhaps missed with religion in a series I've yet to name yet, but will surely yield some interesting results. I'll be interviewing people from all walks of religious life, from the "normal fatherly dude" like me, to some prominent figures in the entertainment landscape that take time and effort to ensure that religion is peppered into their daily lives.
So let's start a grand and respectful dialog today, Easter morning, 2010:
What value do YOU take from religion?
posted by Mike Wilkerson - 2GuysTalking at 8:54 AM
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