Jon Buck

If you think Easter is nonsense, you’re not alone. This morning in my Easter reading, something hit me. In Luke, when the women came back from the empty tomb and told the eleven what they saw, Scripture says the disciples thought it was nonsense. And honestly, if any of us witnessed a brutal, violent death like Jesus’, we’d probably call it nonsense too if someone told us that person was alive again. But here’s the part we miss: At the tomb, the angels didn’t give the women a new revelation. They said: “Remember how He told you, while He was still in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, be crucified, and on the third day rise.” They weren’t announcing something new. They were reminding them of something Jesus had already said. Which puts the disciples’ reaction in a different light. We don’t know if they forgot His words or simply didn’t believe them — but either way, they didn’t receive them. Then in John, we read that later that same day — Sunday night, after Mary had already told them the news that morning — the disciples were behind a locked door out of fear. They heard the message, but it didn’t move them. Jesus appears to them, shows them His hands and His side, breathes peace on them… and you’d think that would settle it. But eight days later? They’re back behind a locked door when Jesus appears to Thomas. We give Thomas the nickname “Doubting Thomas,” but the truth is: all of them doubted. All of them hid. All of them called it nonsense. All of them stayed behind locked doors. And here’s the detail we forget: In Matthew, Jesus had already told the women to tell the disciples: “Go to Galilee, and there they will see Me.” Meaning — staying in that room for over a week wasn’t just fear. It was staying somewhere Jesus had already told them to leave. They were supposed to be moving toward Him. Instead, they were hiding from the world. But Jesus — in grace — walked through the locked door anyway. So here’s the message this Easter: If you think the idea of God becoming man, dying for your sins, and rising three days later is nonsense — you’re standing exactly where His own disciples stood. If you believe Jesus can move in other people’s lives but you still keep yourself behind a locked door of fear, shame, doubt, or self‑protection — the disciples were right there too. But Easter is your invitation. This can be the year you leave the room Jesus already told you to leave. This can be the moment you step out of fear, out of hiding, out of the locked places — and go where He’s calling you. Whatever your locked door is — fear, doubt, sin, shame, disappointment, control — Jesus is appearing to you the same way He appeared to them. Not to scold you. Not to shame you. But to say: “Peace be with you. You don’t have to stay here. Come meet Me where I’m calling you.”

@DanielVSPxP I'm a fan of hers, but "the best ever" can't lay an egg in the championship. All the assists against lesser teams pale VS a 8/4 TO to assist ratio when it matters,& shooting 4/16 while the game was in doubt. Both she and Gracie were undone by the aggressive D of Marian.

I think the question has to be asked: Is she the greatest all-around women's basketball player the GPAC has ever seen?

@FeitCanWrite 3/250 = 1.2% of FB starters vs 3/60 = 5% of BB Looks even worse when you consider the recruiting levels of the two programs.

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@dpshow @nfldraftscout He’s not even the the best RB

The best player in the 2026 NFL Draft according to @nfldraftscout? "Jeremiyah Love – I don't think it's particularly close."

@phveektordrayne My wife and I had the same issue 30 years ago. I was a systems programmer and she worked in the computer room when we met. HR said one of us had to leave, so I said I would leave. My job was more marketable and there weren’t as many openings locally for her. HR caved

My colleague got called into HR today. Not for misconduct. Not for performance. For getting married. He works in engineering. His fiancée works in administration. They met at work, dated quietly for years, and finally decided to make it official. HR told him something neither of them saw coming. “Once you’re married, one of you has to resign. Company policy. We don’t keep married couples.” Just like that. They said they’d prefer he stays, his role is “more critical.” Meaning his fiancée, who struggled for months after graduation to land this job, is the one expected to go. She hasn’t even started wedding plans yet. Now she’s updating her CV. Imagine planning a life together, and your first joint decision as a couple is: Who sacrifices their career? He sat at his desk after the meeting, staring at his screen for almost an hour. Didn’t write a single line of code. Some colleagues say, “That’s policy. Nothing personal.” Others say it’s unfair and outdated. I keep wondering… If a company can decide a marriage costs someone their job, what exactly are we building careers for? Is this professionalism… or control?

My view on August 31, 2024. The first game of the Indiana Curt Cignetti era

@MsideFootball Former Mustang Brendan Franke getting plenty of screen time at the #CFP title game!

@Drewdbrown34 From Morningside College (NAIA) to the title game!

Brendan Franke went from the onside kick in Dublin against Northwestern, to kicking off to start the national title game. What a world

@joshtweeterson Great prediction

I swear, every punt tonight Indiana’s been getting closer and closer to the punter.

A lot of holding calls on Miami WR at point of stack not getting called. #CFP

@Runza The dream of you (re)opening a restaurant in Sioux City.

get to know your customers day feels like a good excuse to ask… what’s something that made you smile recently?

Bears Rams stream resolution keeps wigging out and looks like I'm watching a game from the 70s.

I would put Minnesota ahead. Buffalo has at least been competitive in their playoff appearances. The Vikings are 3-8 over the last 20 years. Throw in the 41-0 loss to the Giants with Moss/Carter/Culpepper/Smith in 2000 and 2010 Favre loss to NO

unpopular opinion: i think the purest form of love is just wanting someone to notice life with you. "taste this. look at that. hear this song." again and again. until you can't imagine noticing life without them.

NIL Deals vs. NFL Rookie Contracts: The transfer portal has led to professional dreams being delayed, so checks can be cashed. Can’t say we blame the players. ✏️ @treywallace outkick.com/sports/college…

A 19-year-old making minimum wage just taught a billionaire what integrity looks like. Joey Prusak was working the counter at a Dairy Queen in Hopkins, Minnesota, when he noticed something that made his stomach turn. A blind customer had just finished ordering. As the man turned to walk away, a $20 bill slipped from his pocket and floated to the floor. He had no idea. Joey expected what would happen next. The woman standing behind the blind man would tap his shoulder and hand him his money back. That's not what happened. Instead, she looked directly at the blind man struggling to put his wallet away. She watched him walk past her. Then she bent down, picked up the $20, and slipped it into her purse. Joey couldn't believe what he just witnessed. When the woman stepped up to the counter to order, Joey did something that could have gotten him fired. He looked her in the eye and asked her to return the money to the man she had just stolen from. She refused. She claimed the $20 was hers. She said she had dropped it herself. Joey asked again. She refused again. So the 19-year-old manager made a decision. He told her plainly: "I'm not going to serve someone as disrespectful as you. Please return the money or leave this store." The woman exploded. She started yelling. She cursed at him. But Joey stayed calm. She stormed out without her ice cream. But Joey wasn't finished. He walked over to the blind man, who was sitting peacefully eating his sundae, completely unaware of what had just happened. Joey reached into his own pocket, pulled out a $20 bill from his own wallet, and handed it to the customer. Joey made about $10 an hour. That $20 represented two hours of his work. He didn't tell anyone about it. He didn't post about it. He just went back to serving customers. But someone else in line had watched the entire thing unfold. That customer went home and wrote an email to Dairy Queen. The email said: "I was in shock by the generosity that your employee had, taking his own money out of his own wallet to give to the customer because some other lady decided to steal something that wasn't hers. Joey has forever sealed my fate as a lifelong customer." The store owner printed the email and pinned it to the employee bulletin board. A coworker snapped a photo and posted it on Facebook. Within days, Joey's story had traveled around the world. Then something unbelievable happened. Joey's phone rang. On the other end was Warren Buffett, one of the richest men in the world. Buffett's company, Berkshire Hathaway, owns Dairy Queen. The billionaire didn't call to offer business advice. He called to say two words: Thank you. "He thanked me for being a role model for all the other employees and people in general," Joey later said. But the rewards kept coming. Strangers started showing up at the store. A woman ran up to Joey with an envelope full of cash for his college fund. A man drove all the way from another town just to hand Joey $100, saying he deserved five times what he had given away. Radio shows invited him on as a guest. Companies offered him jobs. The Minnesota Wild hockey team called and gave him a private suite for 20 of his closest friends. All because a teenager refused to stay silent when he saw something wrong. When reporters asked Joey why he did it, his answer was simple: "I was just doing what I thought was right. I did it without even really thinking about it." He paused, then added something that stuck with people: "Ninety-nine out of 100 people would've done the same thing as me." Maybe he's right. Maybe most of us would do the same thing. But Joey Prusak is the one who actually did it. He didn't have power. He didn't have wealth. He didn't have influence. He was just a teenager behind a counter, making $10 an hour, with nothing but his integrity and a $20 bill. And that was enough to remind millions of people what doing the right thing looks like.

In retrospect it was kind of suspicious when the president hired 80,000 guys with masks and machine guns and sent them to cities that didn't vote for him.

@rainbasin @BigKorn80 Don't leave!

@BigKorn80 Don't leave. It is just the stupid algorithm.

Closed Insta, closed book of faces..this is probably next. Posts get 1 maybe 2 likes, never comments. There's a point where like in real life you really just don't matter. And definitely never seen. Be Huskeronline for the duration is suppose, it's been okay I guess. 👋

@jaredsla If only the Irish hadn't played mostly stiffs after screwing the pooch early. Join a conference whiners.

If only there was someone out there that could beat Indiana………

When you realize Alabama (getting absolutely obliterated) only advanced to the quarterfinals because they beat another SEC team, the narratives get really interesting