Today, we celebrate how nothing but nothing can separate us from
the love of God.
Today, we celebrate how there is nothing so lost or so mangled
as to be unredeemable.
Today, we celebrate that all the tombs of life are
gateways to resurrection.
Today, we celebrate that there is life after death.
Christ
is risen! Christ is risen indeed! Alleluia!
As we begin this new season – Easter
or the Great Fifty Days – I invite you to post this affirmation somewhere
visible as a daily reminder of all that we have to celebrate!
We believe in an
Easter God,
who transforms darkness into light,
hatred into tolerance,
despair into hope.
We believe God
is always working for good,
changing
every Good Friday nightmare into an Easter dream of new possibility.
We believe
in the risen Christ,
who befriends us on our roads of searching and worry;
who
touches us through song and silence, word and gesture;
who calls us by name to
enter the dance of life.
We believe in the Spirit,
the hidden presence behind
every resurrection,
who beckons us to leave tomblike safety and trust the
gracious invitation to live joyfully.
We believe the Spirit
is always renewing the
church
and making us a people who practice kindness,
encourage
beauty and work for justice and freedom.
We believe we are an Easter people,
a
sign that with God all things are possible.