How is it" asks the 'wise' man, "that you see
hope in a man dead on an ancient tree?
We must make things better alone.
We have no sin to atone...
We are the end product of evolution,
there is simply no other viable solution
except this one I find rather odd,
a Higher Being, an Almighty God..
For how can God exist with evil all around?
Why does He not utter a sound?
Pollution and war threaten the earth.
Man is the only option of worth!"

The preacher answered in this way:
"The ultimate meaning you search
is known in the humblest church.
Every child in Sunday School knows
that Jesus died, and then He rose!"...

The Christian faith seems odd but it is not irrational. It’s full of paradox – it holds seeming opposites together:

Jesus is fully man AND fully God.

His strength lies in weakness.

His glory lies in serving and suffering.

His dying brings new life.

He judges with mercy.

Easter shows love is indestructible, goodness defeats evil, darkness and death. God invites us to follow Jesus’ example of living God’s love with generosity and joy, imagination and courage, to share in redeeming and healing our broken world... and find the hope we need.

with love and prayers

Jenny