I am a Zen Mom …

this, according to a silly on-line test at chatterbean.com. The test was entitled “Are You a Slacker Mom?” I was pretty certain that the answer would be a resounding, “YES!” So I took it to laugh in it’s face (thus anthropomorphizing a computer test … not a productive use of my time). I found a lot of the questions difficult to answer because they didn’t have my precise answer as one of the choices. So I picked the closest one. And here I am, a Zen Mom:

How do you do it? Even when explosions are all around, you are able to take a deep cleansing breath and chant your mantra “this too shall pass.” You are a calming influence on your kids in a hectic world.

That just pretty much makes me laugh out loud.

Here is my question for Easter Monday. Why is it that our primary symbol for Easter is the cross? Actually that is the primary symbol for our faith. I think that is odd.

After all, lots of people died on crosses. It was the primary form of capital punishment during the Roman Empire. The miracle isn’t that Jesus died on a cross.

The miracle is that He was resurrected. It seems to me that our primary symbol ought to be the empty tomb.

That is not a very good marketing tool. It doesn’t lend itself to logos and bumperstickers. It doesn’t make a very good necklace (as I discovered):

That just doesn’t wear well (as I discovered at BlingdomofGod). It’s not very self-explanatory.

I understand that part of the symbolism of the cross is that Jesus became an atoning sacrifice on the cross. That is where He atoned for our sins and took them upon Himself. However, the deeper magic was incomplete with His death. The final act came with the resurrection and that is symbolized with the empty tomb. So it seems to me that the tomb is the symbol of the real miracle, the deep, deep love of Jesus for us. The cross is merely the beginning.