Watch and stand

Did you see this story: A sophomore at a local private high school thinks an effort to make Easter politically correct is ridiculous. Jessica, 16, told KIRO Radio's Dori Monson Show that a week before spring break, the students commit to a week-long community service project. She decided to volunteer in a third grade class at a public school, which she would like to remain nameless. "At the end of the week I had an idea to fill little plastic eggs with treats and jelly beans and other candy, but I was kind of unsure how the teacher would feel about that," Jessica said.

She was concerned how the teacher might react to the eggs after of a meeting earlier in the week where she learned about "their abstract behavior rules."  "I went to the teacher to get her approval and she wanted to ask the administration to see if it was okay," Jessica explained. "She said that I could do it as long as I called this treat 'spring spheres.' I couldn't call them Easter eggs." The Seattle elementary school isn't the only government organization using spring over Easter. The city's parks department has removed Easter from all of its advertised egg hunts.

I almost can't think through the idea that someone would feel the need to get rid of Easter, but if the effort to get rid of Christmas can be there, so can Easter.

Now, I don't actually see what on earth egg hunting has to do with our risen Savior, but it is tradition so I go along with the kids having fun as long as we stuff those eggs with something to do with Jesus.

We've done that at our church for Saturday's hunt.

But in the Northwest?

We must all, as Christians, continue to watch and stand, watch and stand. The world isn't getting better.