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From this preacher’s perspective, Easter Sunday is a mixed bag of blessings. There is, of course, the hope that attendance will increase as “two timers” (those who only attend services on Christmas and Easter) reclaim their connections to the Christ. We’re always pleased when folks join us for worship.

My least favorite Easter of all happened in the late 1990s, not long before we moved to Alva for the first time. As it turned out, Easter was on my birthday that year and we planned to have all the little children come out to our sprawling (one acre) Texas “ranch” on Boone Prairie for a birthday...