Comments on: Easter Conference

By: Alison Moore Smith

Alison Moore Smith — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 07:50:16 +0000

Stephanie, you have a point!

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:30:58 +0000

I’m actually really glad that Easter and Conference are on the same weekend. It means that we can celebrate Easter on Sunday morning with DH home.

By: Jared

Jared — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:43:54 +0000

You might be a Mormon if your Christian friends only go to church for Christmas and Easter and those are the only times you don’t.

By: liberty

liberty — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:41:31 +0000

Easter? That holiday is permeated with too many pagan fertility symbols to make it a Christian holiday for me.

By: Tatiana

Tatiana — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:06:10 +0000

I love Easter vigil mass at the Catholic Church. I feel perfectly free to borrow as much of each religious tradition as I want, and mix it all in with our own. My son and I began dedicating meals to Krishna and asking him to come eat first, as our way of saying grace. We sit at the table for a few minutes thinking of Christ/Krishna while he eats the spiritual part, and then eat the physical food he leaves behind. By eating after God this way, we get infected with God-germs that make us happier, holier people! It’s awesome!

I’d love to find some part of every major religious tradition that I could incorporate into each day. That would make me feel so connected to everyone in the whole world. Any ideas?

By: Adam Greenwood

Adam Greenwood — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:34:11 +0000

Amen to all that.

By: Alison Moore Smith

Alison Moore Smith — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:40:44 +0000

I like the idea of attending another Easter service. GC starts at 10:00 here, so I’ll look into that. (To clarify, I’m not really concerned about when to wear Easter clothes. :) That was just a toss out.)

nemekemono, that would solve the problem, but it’s kind of an extreme solution, don’t you think? ;)

makakona, I feel your pain. My six kids were spaced further than yours, but the GC experience like yours was miserable for us. How do you entertain little kids for hours on end (in Sunday clothes…ack!) in the dark?

We really did get the satellite the day before one GC. After years with the above scenario, we just broke down. GC became a great event again. :)

By: Johnna

Johnna — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:54:44 +0000

We’re having our Easter service the week before. Which is Palm Sunday to everyone else.

By: Mark B.

Mark B. — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:56:06 +0000

I thought we could solve it by simply following the Orthodox calendar–but it turns out that Orthodox Easter falls on the same day this year.

We’re having our Easter program on the 11th.

By: el oso

el oso — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:15:50 +0000

This is the best time to have general conference. Of course the Easter Sunday worship service is changed significantly. The reason I appreciate conference on Easter is that I get Good Friday off and can then have a weekend in which yard work, spring cleaning, etc. can be accomplished.