Easter Morning

On a Morning Like This
In the sky
The song of the skylark
Greets the dawn
In the fields wet with dew
The scent of the violets
Fills the air
On such a lovely morning as this
Surely on such a lovely morning
as this Lord Jesus
Came forth
From the tomb.
MISUNA GENZO, from A Procession of Prayers (John Carden, ed.)

It's 7:00 a.m. here, and after a cool, rainy day yesterday, the sun has risen through the mist this morning to a beautiful dawn. I wish you could hear the chorus of birds singing their Easter morning praises outside my window as I write this!

Well, we want to wish a Happy Easter to all our friends and family back home. We miss being with you today!

Dan

Easter reminds us that even though injustice may run rampant at present—even though it appears that darkness is pervasive and final—we know God is working, that His love is greater and that resurrection is real. As morning came on the third day a sun-cast freshness burst on the scene to reveal a subversive hope that thrusts us into a new story, one that rests on the work of Christ—a grassroots grace that upends every injustice. Through the brilliant light of the resurrection we can walk in newness of life. In a time when the Caesars of our day still claim to rule and injustice seems commonplace, the revolutionary hope of new life springs up in our hearts as we embrace the promise of Christ and experience the call of an extreme God to believe.

Brian Orme <www.brianorme.com> quoted at Relevant Magazine www.relevantmagazine.com