The Man on the Middle Cross; Artemis II the Moon; 12 tonnes of stolen Kit Kats
3 Things this week and a poem
Happy Easter! ✝️ He is risen!
It’s hard to imagine what that first Easter was like. The women, on their way to the empty tomb, their broken and poured-out souls suddenly restored and filled by the shocking revelation, delivered by angels. Suddenly the first human evangelists, declaring a truth no human mind could make sense of as all their fears were wiped away at sunrise by the hidden secret of history as God’s plan was cemented for good.
He is not here.
The mad dash that followed as Peter and John raced to verify. Not because they didn’t believe the women, but because they knew. They just had to confirm their greatest hope. See it with their own eyes. At sight of the empty tomb it seemed that time itself stood still and creation took its first real breath.
History quickly caught up. The machinery of power and politics put its plans in motion: denials, lies, obfuscations. Money exchanged hands and the narrative was chosen. The body was stolen. The disciples hid it. He is not risen.
But human lies, too, were silenced and defeated when Christ rose from the dead. And the great truth, behind the curtain of reality, slowly opens, day after day. And on Easter we remember that one day, in the twinkling of an eye, all will be revealed.
Thanks for spending some time this weekend with Things I Wrote Down. Here are three things that stood out this week online, and my Easter poem.
The Man on the Middle Cross
My brother Chris is in the habit of sharing this video at Easter. It’s such a powerful reminder and declaration of the power and centrality of the cross and what it means for humanity. I was impacted all over again by this short clip from Alistair Begg.
Artemis II the moon!
We had an impromptu watch party at our local library. The kids were at the local YMCA for karate as Artemis II launched.
It was amazing to see blaze of fire as the heavy boosters pushed the space ship off the earth. Extra special is knowing that a local man is one of the astronauts.
Jeremy Hansen is the first Canadian to fly around the moon, born in London, Ontario. If you have trauma from the Challenger flight from the late 80s, you were relieved to see the flight go smoothly, despite the short pre-launch delay.
12 tonnes of stolen Kit Kats
What’s been crazier, the fact that a Kit Kat heist actually took place on a lonely road in Europe, seeing 12 tonnes of the delicious chocolates go missing just before Easter, OR, the how other brands have weighed in on social media?
It wasn’t a media gambit or an April Fool’s joke. It really happened. Their original post about the heist, in which the chocolatier confirmed media reports that a truck transporting the chocolate was stolen somewhere between Italy and Poland had 135 million views on X alone.
Cynics or realists can be forgiven for thinking it was a ruse. Colgate’s response was well played.
My Easter Poem for 2026
My Easter poem this year took me a little by surprise. If you didn’t get a chance to read it, you can do so here. Happy Easter, dear readers.
May the love and work of Christ change your world this year.
