Egg Hunt

a wolf in sheep's clothing isn't always easy to spot

like the truth in a game of telephone

I miss my former students

so many of them walk in darkness

a little on edge but too old to ask for help

groping as if blind, wondering if there's an easier way

when it's as simple as a slipknot blindfold

and a true story of the one place they belong

I wish I could make that story real for them

as real as their ipods, facebook pages, and favorite t-shirts

it hurts sometimes

like an exit missed and I can't turn around

so I poor myself into Easter service plans

loving their faces and their families in the back of my mind

Many of them will go to some kind of church this Easter

in suits and pretty dresses

an Americana Pink Bunny ritual

they may not come to this place

but wherever they go

let them find more than a family tradition

before the plastic egg hunt in the backyard

let them find some truth

in the light of You

and help them to start hunting

for more than just Easter eggs

"We do not see things as they are. We see things as we are. Could it possibly be that your reality is skewed by a lack of light? A lie that is told long enough, loud enough, and often enough, pretty soon sounds like the truth.While the power of the lie holds us captive, the person of Jesus Christ sets us free."

Dave Engbrecht, New Community sermon March 6, 2008

"In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don't. " Blaise Pascal

"But you belong. The Holy One anointed you, and you all know it. I haven't been writing this to tell you something you don't know, but to confirm the truth you do know, and to remind you that the truth doesn't breed lies." 1 John 2:20

"Jesus once again addressed them: 'I am the world's Light. No one who follows me stumbles around in the darkness. I provide plenty of light to live in.'" John 8:12