Who's On the Mountain?

My Ben at Mount Rushmore National Memorial, 1993

"How lovely on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who announces peace and brings good news of happiness, who announces salvation, and says to Zion, 'Your God reigns!'" (Isaiah 52:7)

My Rebecca, Ben, and Dan
Mount Rushmore National Memorial, 1993

              At the gateway to Mount Rushmore National Memorial, the park ranger stuck her head in our van window and asked, "So, who's on the mountain today?" Without blinking an eye, 10-year-old Ben spouted, "George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln."

          Statistics show that people are 85% more likely to accept an invitation to church on Easter than any other Sunday. God says, "How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news [of Jesus]!" So, who's on the mountain this passion week of Christ - inviting someone to church?

"Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved. How then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without a preacher?...How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news of good things!" (Romans 10:13-15)