East Side Story

In my humble opinion, there are two things that the christian religion has absolutely perfected: Christmas Eve candelight service and Easter Sunrise service. When most people think of Easter, they picture little girls in bonnets and big church services. I happen to have a different view of Easter. My entire childhood easter memories revolve around sunrise service in a little log cabin in Birchwood Alaska, which our church owned. Easter egg hunts were done in the snow and I never remember wearing a dress.

This year, I set out to find a sunrise service for us to attend. Given that we live in a small community there were actually few to be found. However after searching I found one that would be unique and suit our needs. The service was indeed a sunrise service and it was held at the top of Loon Mountain a ski resort in New Hampshire. We arrived at 5:30 AM to ride the gondola to the top.

Once we arrived it quickly became apparent that the other members of the "congregation" were not riding the gondola down like us. They were skiing down. The service was beautiful we all enjoyed it immensely despite the early time