Today is Mr. Man's 33rd Birthday!
In some (insular, highly religious and slightly odd) circles, the 33rd birthday is referred to as your "Jesus Year." As in, "By 33, Jesus founded one of the world's largest multinational charitable organizations in history, and then he died for your sins. What have you been up to?" No pressure or anything.
A kinder, fuzzier approach is to call it your "death and resurrection year" and to therefore pay attention to the big changes that happen during the year. Of course, then it's not any different than the rest of your life as a Christian, except maybe you actually pay attention to the mini-paschal mysteries that happen in your everyday life.
Mr. Man has a more literal approach. He thinks he's going to die. He mentioned it maybe four times yesterday. I choose to ignore him. (And we wonder why Jesus stayed single.)
Anyway, if Mr. Man lives, we're going to celebrate his Jesus Year with Burmese food and then spending the weekend in our birthday suits at a hippie hot springs. Like you do.
If you are feeling like sharing, please wish him a Happy Birthday in the comments, and/or tell us how you survived your Jesus Year. Any good death/resurrection to report?
I haven't reached my Jesus Year yet but I wanted to wish Mr. Man a happy one, nonetheless! Enjoy the first day of your Jesus Year...I'm sure it won't be your last!!
Posted by: Alison-Mountain Momma | April 29, 2009 at 04:45 PM
Happy, happy birthday dear Mr.Man. I predict you'll live a long and blessed life.
Posted by: Gretchen | April 29, 2009 at 11:13 PM