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The secret of Easter: love beats death

“Anxiety and fear are what we know best in this fantastic century of ours. Wars and rumors of wars. From civilization itself to what seemed the most unalterable values of the past, everything is threatened or in ruins. We have heard so much tragic news that when the news is good we cannot hear…
By Seth Barnes
By Seth Barnes

“Anxiety and fear are what we know best in this fantastic century of ours. Wars and rumors of wars. From civilization itself to what seemed the most unalterable values of the past, everything is threatened or in ruins. We have heard so much tragic news that when the news is good we cannot hear it.

But the proclamation of Easter Day is that all is well. And as a Christian, I say this not with the easy optimism of one who has never known a time when all was not well, but as one who has faced the Cross in all its obscenity as well as in all its glory, who has known one way or another what it is like to live separated from God. In the end, his will, not ours, is done. Love is the victor, Death is not the end. The end is life. His life and our lives through him, in him. Existence has greater depths of beauty, mystery, and benediction than the wildest visionary has ever dared to dream. Christ our Lord has risen.”

That’s from my favorite devotional book of all time, “Listening to Your Life” by Frederick Buechner. The guy redefines the word “profound.” Best $3.00 for a used book on Amazon you’ll ever spend.

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  • Ben

    I was anticipating some creative effort on the broadway we took into today from 11:04 to 12:27. I guess it is free game for me to write about now…

    where to begin

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