Thoughts from Sara:
What a gorgeous spring day today in Chestertown. In the 80s, the pink dogwood outside the sanctuary is in full bloom. My tulips look terrific. It MUST be almost Easter having this much "spring" around.
But conversations with Mel Baars over supper about South Africa brought me back to remember ... of course this is Holy Week and Easter in the southern hemisphere too ... where it's already autumn and approaching winter.
Easter without trees in bloom and tulips and hyacinths and all the rest?
Yet, there is something about Easter on the threshold of winter that perhaps we need to see as well. To remind us that God is not just with us in those new signs of hope, but God is there as well – through the suffering and on the cross. Christ’s Resurrection is not just a glorious triumph, but it has meaning BECAUSE of the crucifixion. It brings a depth of meaning to the Resurrection that we might not see in the light of spring.
The challenge of Easter in autumn is great – but in some ways it is even more profound. For it allows no easy victories, no simple answers.
The challenge of Easter in autumn is great – but in some ways it is even more profound. For it allows no easy victories, no simple answers.
And maybe it also helps us to see that Christ’s resurrection still bears deep within it – sometimes where no one can see – the seeds of promise and hope.
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