Christ is Risen!
[The people respond:] He is risen indeed!
Happy Easter, everyone!
“Because I live,” Jesus said in John 14:19, “you also will live.”
I wonder: how many of you are sitting out there, festooned in your Easter Sunday best, but your fingers are slightly stained? How many of you colored Easter eggs this weekend? I do think I can see some pinks, blues, greens, and purples shining on your fingers from all the Easter eggs you colored, hid, found, cracked, or consumed.
Take comfort in this: you are not alone. Just over one billion real eggs are dipped and dyed every Easter in America. The Dudley egg dye company sells over 10 million egg dying kits every year. No wonder we are such a colorful bunch!
Yet eggs sometimes get a bad rap at Easter. Eggs are such a widely used symbol…