I think I’ve probably received at least 20 full color, highly gimmicked print advertisements for Easter this week alone.

Here’s my question…. Isn’t He risen every day?  I understand that Easter is a special day for believers to come together to celebrate Him rising, but why is it that we feel the need to make that celebration a circus? Complete with real live lambs and goats on stage during the Easter skit. I know of several churches that make it such a production that they rent out arenas with the latest in eye blinding technology.

Doesn’t this all sound a little self serving? Aren’t we really as a whole spending all of this time, money and energy on the people who only show up to church on Christmas and Easter anyway? Wouldn’t you serve those visitors better by being yourself so that they can be drawn to the vision of the church and not some high end production? The reality is that most church’s services don’t look anything like their ‘Easter’ service. Maybe that’s why they only come to our Christmas and Easter production services?

Jesus is risen, God, Father, Son, Spirit, friend, helper, master everyday of the week and certainly every Sunday. Doesn’t it cheapen Him by creating gimmicky ways of getting butts in the seats of OUR churches, and then feeling really good about ourselves as if we’ve done anything?

We’ve done NOTHING if it isn’t glorifying God.

God help us to glorify You in YOUR churches this Easter as we celebrate the truth…. That You are risen today, tomorrow and everyday after. Let us celebrate and worship each Sunday with the same zeal and adoration as we will this Easter Sunday. Let the visitors that will enter our buildings be drawn in by YOU and not our gimmicks. Thank You that You are alive and well everyday. Amen.