The World Is New by Ben Campbell, Pastoral Director Brilliant colors of Virginia Spring splash forth at Easter as if they were a fully planned part of the celebration, right on time. Redbud and dogwood draw the eye's attention to the knees of the forest while innumerable buds of tentative green emerge quickly and quietly farther up. Dandelions and violets, clover and bluets appear in the grass.
Azaleas tumble over the front walls and rock garden hillsides of parks and houses.
Even the cemeteries are beautiful. Pansy and iris, tulip and hyacinth, pear and cherry blossom. God's symphony of color declares here a resurrection in nature even if no story of Jesus were ever told. Whatever our sins, whatever our griefs, whatever the brokenness of our days, these words of grace cannot be unheard. High above the sundial, a cardinal sings his brightest red song to a lady he cannot see.