Cheasters

Today is Easter and I feel obliged to blog about it. There were two interesting articles in the Salt Lake Tribune this morning. One article was about Christians who only attend church on Christmas and Easter. Some churches see two to three times as many attendees on these two days than on a regular Sunday. There are a variety of nicknames for these folks - Cheasters, C&E Christians, and CEOs (Christmas & Easter Only). At the other extreme, there was an article about a group of people who carry a 50-pound cross 21 miles to remind themselves of the suffering that Christ endured for humanity. As one walker puts it, "Everybody is different for what they get out of it. Personally, it's a feeling of humbleness ... It's a lot of pain, also, on your feet and we realize what Christ did for us is so much more." If and when I decide what I'm doing with religion, I suspect I'll be somewhere between these two extremes, but I'm not sure what side of center.

As an aside, my wife's mother did an organ performance at today's church service. I wonder what it's like to be as good at something as she is at the organ.