Reflections on my Easter

Easter this year was not what I planned it was going to be. But that's ok. It was exactly what I needed.

When I was thinking about how I was going to spend my Easter last week, I figured I would go to the Crossing with my parents. For those unfamiliar with Columbia, the Crossing is probably the closest thing we have to a "mega-church," but without any of the theological issues I usually hear about with churches of its size. It's an amazing church that has done a ton of good in town, and even for my family specifically. The Crossing, simply put, is where I would be going permanently if I didn't feel called to campus ministry.

Anyways, I figured I would go to the Crossing on Easter. I went with my parents to a Good Friday service there, and very much enjoyed it. It was extremely well put together, and I honestly was excited to see the "sequel" to that on Easter morning.

But then a friend texted me on Saturday and said he and his wife were going to be visiting the Rock on Sunday. And then I invited a couple buddies from the Rock to come to Easter dinner after church. And with that, I realized it would just be easier to go to the Rock.

Easter morning with my Rock church family

Now, this may be confusing to a lot of you. You'll read my bio at the top of this blog and think to yourself, "Wait, isn't he on staff with the Rock? What gives?" and you won't be wrong. I am on staff at the Rock. It is my church home. But during this phase of my life, I am not actually attending Rock services regularly, because my focus needs to be on getting fully-supported, so that I can come back to campus and focus my energies 100% on college ministry. I completely understand this and am in full agreement with it, but that doesn't make it any easier. It's super hard to be away from my church family during this segment of my life.

So anyways, going to the Rock was not exactly what I had planned for my Easter morning. But it ended up being exactly what I needed. Just being back in an environment completely made up of college students was refreshing for me. It helped me re-focus, and it was an awesome reminder of my calling to college ministry. I love the production-value and the amazing teachings and the scale of everything at the Crossing, and have definitely enjoyed my time going there these last few months. But to me, there's just something about Middlebush Auditorium that feels like home.