East Indians have this really cool religious festival known as "Holi" that is celebrated annually by Hindus all over the world. I had the awesome invitation to attend a Holi party at the U of A in Spring with my research advisor Aarti. What a joyful celebration from an empty religion ... hmm. Everyone has a bag of powder-paint of different vibrant colors and the point of the game is to get your color of paint on someone before they can get it on you, while all the time wishing everyone "Happy Holi." The celebration is in honor of the new colors and warmth of Spring that is coming to renew the earth again.

When playing, it was just awesome to be laughing and running with Indians, usually quite a reserved people, who seemed fully alive. I think it could be possible to do this everyday, given without the paint ... in fact we're called to: to really wish holiness upon those we come in contact with and to do it with such an infectious joy!

I am wholly His and he is holy.
(Check out David Crowder Band's Wholly Yours on his new Collision CD, if you haven't had the chance yet.)

Happy holy.