Easter Sunday::Back to Life

It's impossible to overstate what Easter is and all that it represents. 

This week there were more terrorist attacks, and these were focused in Belgium. 31 people are dead and 330 more were injured. It's another tragic chapter in a world were unsuspecting civilians are attacked as they go about their daily lives. It actually follows a pattern of worldwide violence (much of which goes unreported or underreported in the US)that has struck in places like Burkina Faso, Jakarta and Ankara. 

What is so unique about Christianity is the kind of response we have to this kind of suffering. Christianity enters the grave and weeps with the world's mourners. The bitter sting of death is a central aspect of our shared story, as we will observe on Good Friday. We can face death with dignity and grace because our story is that death is overcome. 

On Easter Sunday we come together to see that the grave is empty and powerless. Jesus stands on the other side of death and violence with life and peace. We are invited to take part in the resurrection so that we render the hatred, violence and death in our world powerless to overcome God's good creation. Come stand in front of the grave to see that the stone is rolled away.