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Why Good Friday?

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Holy Week is nearing a close and today is Good Friday, 3 days before Easter, the day in which Jesus was resurrected from the dead. For many years even though I call myself a Christian, I never really understood why.  As I attended my first Good Friday Service, it helped me to put things into perspective and gave me clarity to some unanswered questions.Why do we sacrifice something during Lenten season, and attend Good Friday services at noon? What's with the Hot Cross buns? Without sounding too "preachy", I would like to give my take on it.  Traditionally speaking, it is the Day when Jesus was crucified, dead and buried. Between the hours of noon and 3:00pm he was nailed to the cross. Most of us now the story of how he rode though the city of Jerusalem on a donkey that until then had never been ridden. Previously everyone shouted "Save Us"!  but on this day they shouted "Crucify Him"! Not knowing that the only way to be saved, was through the Cro

Fight For Air Climb

Today my team and I are participating for the first time in the American Lung Association's Fight for Air Climb. We have a goal to climb all 63 floors (1400 steps) of the 2 nd  tallest building in DTLA. On a more personal note, I am climbing for the following people that have touched my life, who have suffered from some form of lung cancer or lung disease. MORRIS CLAYTON – Died of Lung Cancer MICHAEL P. SKINNER SR. – Died of Emphysema HARDING LOVING – Lung Transplant Recipient EVERETT CLAYTON – Former Asthma Sufferer AND ME!!! We have raised $2,170 as of today.  Thanks to all of you who have donated ! Every dollar   we have   raised   enables the American Lung Association to continue its work to educate kids on how to manage their asthma and to not use tobacco, to research cures and better treatments for lung cancer and other lung diseases and to advocate for better local, state, and national policies to protect all of us from the harmful effects of a