Turning snow days into sun days

We’re all aware of “snow days,” those blessed days when school is called off and kids spend the days sledding down frozen paths and designing snow men. Their frozen faces are melted only by hot chocolate and the sheer joy of zero responsibility for a single day.

My fellow High Calling blogger Billy Coffey even wrote a novel extolling the virtues of the Snow Day.

But one Washington school actually declared a “sun day” last week. That’s right – they called school off because the sun was shining! Bellingham, WA, is notoriously wet and overcast. The sun rarely peaks out and the long winter drips with bleakness.

So when the forecast called for a 60 degree day and sunshine, Bellingham Christian School Principal Bob Sampson decided to celebrate.

“If we take a day off for snow days…why not take it off for a sun day and enjoy?” said Sampson.

A posting on the school’s Web page said “Good morning students, parents and staff. Yes, It’s a Sun Day! Wahooo. That’s right, school is CANCELLED today due to good weather! Enjoy.”

It seems to me that this is a perfect illustration of the church. While the world wallows in all that’s wrong – the inhumanity of man, the injustice of justice, and the imperfection of a fallen planet -– Christians should be declaring a few more “sun days.”

As we enter Passion Week, we have a Sun Day coming up. When the clouds were at their darkest and Death seemed to have it’s victory, a thunder rose from the earth’s bowels. The skies rol open and declared, “Wahoo. Yes. It’s a Sun day!”

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