Ok, so I don’t like DST. I’ll admit my prejudices up front. I have reasonable objections on the most part, I think. I don’t recall many people who think it is a good idea. I have no idea who is responsible for making this happen, other than an act of congress and we all have different ideas as to whether they know what is going on or not.
I am a morning person, I like getting up early and getting ready for the day. I love the back half of March because the early sunrise seems to make Spring deliciously enjoyable. It just feels like spring. For the last decade or so, it may have been my favorite time of year. Now, moving the date up to the first weekend in March has stolen most of those enjoyable mornings. I consider this a theft of my mental well-being.
Since my wife and I have been leading worship most of our lives, we find that our worship team in specific, and churches in general are among the first to be “punished” by this change. We are among the first to muscle it up and deal with the lost hour. We start preparations and begin our services an hour earlier, leading a smaller gathering of worshipers who somehow remembered to set their clock ahead, but find it harder to set their alertness ahead. It’s only an hour! You finally get used to it. What’s the big deal?
