When Sacred Becomes Secular
Has Easter — the biggest celebration of the Christian faith — been buried by commercialization and secularization?
If you’re reading this, it’s more than likely you celebrated Easter this past weekend in one way or another.
You might have dyed Easter eggs, or maybe you hid them in the yard for your kids. It’s fairly likely you gathered with family, and you might have eaten brunch. Perhaps you even snuck some candy from your kids’ Easter baskets after they went to bed.
Although these traditions—Easter egg hunts, chocolate bunnies, family gatherings — have seeped into our culture over centuries and have now become routine Easter festivities for most American households, we simply can’t forget the resurrection of Jesus as the root and focal point of the Easter holiday.
Or, can we?
Has sacred become secular?
It’s the biggest celebration of the Christian faith — the day we remember and rejoice in the resurrection of Jesus. And whether you’d claim your faith in Christ as the foundation of your life, or whether you hold loosely to Christian morals or ideals, the odds are fair that you walked through the doors of a church on Sunday.
