Memorial Day

Happy Memorial Day, a day when our nation memorializes the brave souls who gave their life for our freedom. Memorial Day is a state holiday, not one of the church, though church employees are happy for a day off to BBQ and remember just like everyone else.

This year, Memorial Day comes 15 months into a pandemic where there are so many things we need to memorialize in our own lives. What are you remembering this day? Is it the way of life you knew and took for granted in February 2020? Is it a loved one who has died this year? Is it a soldier in your family, an ancestor or a sibling, someone who gave their all for God and country? What do you remember this day?

For people of faith, Memorial Day is an opportunity to once again remember Easter’s promise. A promise that in life and in death we belong to God. A promise that death is not the final word. A promise that because Christ is alive, we shall be too. What better thing to remember this day than that?

Happy Memorial Day.

Peace to you,
Pastor Will