books, eggs, rabbit meat, an empty tomb, and Prince Albert

I finally finished Peace Like a River tonight. The lump that refuses to leave my throat caused me to get out of bed and type.

What a wonderful, colorful, touching, interesting, heart-tugging, twisting, inspiring (...I could go on, but won't...) journey Mr. Enger provides.

(Thanks, Beth.)

A few weeks ago, I finished Monster by one of my favorite authors, Frank Perreti. On a scale from 1-10, I'd give it a 5. Not bad, but not what I had expected.

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Easter came and went. My father-in-law and I hid 50+ eggs for the children to find, and fortunately, we were able to recover all the eggs, unlike most Easters in the past.

It was the first year Rachel had been away from home for the 'hunt', and we missed her.

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On a side note, we were driving around this past weekend, and out of the blue my youngest said, "I think I'd like some rabbit meat." (About a year ago, my son had eaten a couple of helpings of rabbit meat which had been served at a potluck in the small rural church where my parents attend. He thought it was chicken, until he found out later what it was from his older siblings who had avoided it with great disgust.)

"Anthony," I said, "Easter probably isn't the best time to talk about eating rabbit."

I'm still chuckling about that short conversation.


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Growing up with a conservative group of believers, we never focused on Easter as a time of Christ's resurrection. How strange that seems now. I understand why many still take that stance. I don't agree with it, but I understand.

Having said that, my Savior's resurrection is THE single event that turned history on its ear. It's the deeper magic to which Aslan refers. All the stories of faith and deliverance before and after are but fluff without this single event. Without this almost incomprehensible event, like Paul says, our faith is futile.

I'm sorry that I, and we, don't celebrate His resurrection with more awe and humility every Sunday. So, I'm certainly in favor of increased awareness at least one day a year.

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There is a very high probability that Albert Pujols will be the greatest hitter to ever play the game. And, Jason Marquis is starting to win me over. As long as he keeps hitting like a real hitter, and pitching like a bonafide #2 starter, he may be the most valuable pitcher in the NL.