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Call time was 4:30 for the dress rehearsal, and by the time I arrived, the room was buzzing with talkative girls and sizzling curling irons. I stood in line to get my hair poofed on the top of my head and then curled underneath. I lathered up my face in blush, eye shadow, eye liner, and sparkles. I applied a dazzling headband to accent the hair poof and some fake eyelashes to make my eyes pop. I slipped on panty hose, costume, mary jane shoes, and white gloves as the finishing touch. Then I went to work curling another girls' hair, pinning safety pins on another girls' dress, and tieing a pearl necklace (made out of marshmellows...we had a low budget) around another girls' neck. It was a team effort to get 150 girls lookin' this good. When we were all finally ready, we suddenly realized that Spring Sing 2011 was upon us. We have worked hours upon hours for this performance. Since January, we have been practiced choreography and mu...

In Philippians 1:21 "To live is Christ and to die is gain." In the culture of the United States, death is rarely ever considered a gain. But there's something about Paul's words in Philippians that turns things upside down. In fact, there's something about Christianity and the belief in the Almighty God that flips the human perspective. What is ordinarily ugly becomes beautiful with Christ in view. What is typically discouraging can be full of hope when seen in the light of God's love and grace. And what is typically a terrible loss can be counted a great gain . I often wonder about what happens after death. We even had a family discussion about this in our kitchen this afternoon. Does time exist when you die? Are you just asleep or are you with the Lord? Are you waiting or are you active? When is the spiritual resurrection of the soul? What do you do when you die? Needless to say, we spent a lot of time thinking about these questions around the kitchen table...