What does Easter mean to you? In the secular world, it means fluffy bunnies, brightly colored eggs, hidden baskets, and lots of lush chocolate candy. If you are a child, there is nothing wrong with this. Easter is a happy day, and God loves to hear the laughter of little children; but, if you are an adult and this is all that Easter means to you, then there is something tragically missing in your faith-life.

Interestingly enough, the word "Easter" appears nowhere in the Bible. The word "Easter" was originally a pagan term. It was the name of a spring festival in honor of the goddess of light and spring whose name in Anglo-Saxon was Eastre. Sometime, about the Eighth Century, the name was transformed by the Anglo-Saxons to the Christian festival that was designated to celebrate the resurrect…