"Easter with is story of the resurrection can also be transformed, I believe, and carried with us into a postexilic future. Yet before that is possible, the miracles of physical resuscitation, the angles who roll stones away from tombs, and the bodies that appear out of nothing and disappear into thin air must be dismissed for the developed legends that they are. But life that transcends every human limit is a powerful portrait. Death, which opens all things to new possibilities; love, which triumphs over hatred; being, which overcomes nonbeing - those are truths to which Easter points, and those are the truths that emerge when God is met on the edges and at the limits of our finite humanity. That is what the stories of the resurrection are all about."
pg. 190 of Why Christianity Must Change or Die by John Shelby Spong
It occurs to me that Easter itself must undergo a trial, crucifixion and ultimately, resurrection for the sake of its salvation.
As a sentimental annual gathering, Easter can be quite enchanting. But, resurrection is a daily process that keeps us alert to the many possibilities that lurk just behind each obstacle. Jesus said he was going to prepare a place, not to a place prepared. He suggests that we are always in a state of preparation, open to the new and even the frightening at times. But there is always The Gift. And the gift of Easter, in my limited view, is the recognition of our own spirit in motion. Thanks for the great post.
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