READER 1

The Resurrection is not ...

I repeat ... NOT ...

something which happens only at the time of death,

nor is it an event that only has impact on our dying.

If the Resurrection was important

only in terms of what happens beyond Life,

and had no real impact or power over

what happens during our lives, well,

I guess I can honestly say that, then,

I would have little use for a faith built

on such a "post-living" concept or event.

Resurrection that cannot transform the present ...

Resurrection that cannot heal our NOW ...

Resurrection that cannot create new hope and new being TODAY,

is a Resurrection that falls flat on its hollow, excessively righteous face.

Easter is a day when we celebrate, not as a

means of preparing for THE END ...

not as a means of affirming that there is something BEYOND ...

not as a…