# ✧ Friday, April 03, 2026 — 🐣 Good Friday
[[2026-W14|]]
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### 📋 Today's Schedule
| Time | Activity | Location |
| ------------- | --------------- | ------------------------------------ |
| 12:00 - 16:00 | Easter Trial | Gateway Baptist Church, Burgess Hill |
| 18:00 - 22:00 | Necromunda #6.8 | Dice and Drinks, Burgess Hill |
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### 🌤️ Weather
**Burgess Hill, West Sussex**
10°C (feels like 10°C) — Light rain and fresh breezes, clearing to sunny intervals later
| Metric | Detail |
| :--- | :--- |
| 🌡️ High / Low | 14°C / 6°C |
| 🥵 Feels Like | 10°C |
| ☔ Conditions | Light rain, drizzle, sunny intervals |
| ☁️ Cloud Cover | Overcast clearing later |
| 🍃 Wind | 18mph SW |
| 💧 Humidity | 93% |
| 👁️ Visibility | Moderate |
| 🌡️ Pressure | 1013 mb — Steady |
| ☀️ UV Index | Low |
| 🌧️ Precipitation | 100% (morning rain clearing to 0%) |
| 🌅 Sunrise | 06:33 |
| 🌆 Sunset | 19:36 |
| ⏱️ Daylight Duration | 13hrs 3mins |
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### 📺 Tonight's Viewing
**Race Across the World — Season 6, Episode 1**
Five intrepid teams embark on the journey of a lifetime, racing more than 12,000km across Europe and Asia, the largest continental area on earth. The route carves through eight distinctive countries: Italy, Greece, Türkiye, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia – each with its own language, culture and climate. In the most extreme race to date, conditions swing from 30°C Mediterranean heat to subarctic temperatures of -20°C.
[:tv: Watch on BBC iPlayer](https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0002tvs)
**For All Mankind — Season 5, Episode 1**
In the Season 5 premiere, tensions on Mars escalate as a murder investigation unfolds, while Ed Baldwin faces a personal health crisis. The episode explores the growing divide between Earth and Mars colonies, setting the stage for interplanetary conflict.
[IMDb: For All Mankind](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8362704/)
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### ✝️ Thought of the Day
**Isaiah 53:5 (NIV)**
> *"But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed."*
**Reflection:**
What a profound truth to carry into an Easter weekend — the very wounds that defined Christ's suffering become the source of our healing. As I head to Gateway Baptist Church for the Easter Trial this afternoon, I'm struck by how often we seek healing in polished places, yet God chooses the pierced, the crushed, the wounded. The trial we'll witness today isn't just a historical re-enactment; it's a living reminder that the punishment that brought us peace fell upon Someone else. Every accusation hurled at Him, every stripe upon His back, was a payment for my own transgressions. 🙏
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And tonight, as I sit with the Necromunda crew, surrounded by painted miniatures and rolling dice, I'm reminded that even in our hobbies and communities, we bring our wounds — the small cuts of daily life, the disappointments, the quiet hopes. Christ's healing isn't just for the grand moments; it's for the Necromunda nights too. He was wounded so that even our leisure could be touched by grace. The punishment that brought us peace wasn't a distant event — it echoes in every moment we choose connection over isolation, laughter over bitterness, and community over solitude. By His wounds, we are healed — not just someday, but right here, right now, in the middle of a dice roll and a shared story.
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### 📔 Dear Diary
![[3.APR.26_Good.Freiday.png]]
What a day of contrasts — from the solemn courtroom of Gateway Baptist Church to the neonlit underhive of Necromunda. The Easter Trial this afternoon was a masterclass in storytelling, bringing the Passion narrative to life with such raw intensity that I felt the weight of every accusation hurled at Christ. The church was packed, the acting superb, and the silence during the final verdict was deafening. I left the church with Isaiah 53:5 echoing in my heart: *"by his wounds we are healed."*
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But the evening couldn't have been more different — and yet, somehow, connected. Dice and Drinks hosted Necromunda #6.8, and we plunged into the grim darkness of the 41st millennium. My Escher gang faced off against the Goliaths in a brutal territory war, and while the dice were fickle, the camaraderie was pure gold. We laughed, we cursed, we shared stories that wove together the threads of faith and fellowship that have become the fabric of my community.
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As I sit here now, the rain has cleared, the moon is out, and I'm reminded that Easter isn't just a day — it's a season of renewal. Today I witnessed the death of Christ and the life of a community, and both left me profoundly grateful. The wounds that heal us aren't always physical; sometimes they're the wounds of vulnerability, of showing up, of being present. And today, I was present for both the sacred and the silly, and both were holy.
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Good Friday indeed. 🐣
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### ⚡︎ Tags
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#progress #schedule #idea #completed #daily #easter #necromunda #community #faith #dice #good-friday #2026-04-03
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