They did not even have any black friends. His wife replied simply that it was a step, a step to teach their children and to teach Mississippi. Easter is the power of God showing us that life is stronger than death and that love is stronger than hate. Easter is colorful, fertile, and new life. In Easter, we know that winter and death are in our pasts, and our future is now as we see the earth awaken to new life.
Easter is a flowering of new visions and dreams.
Easter is our seven week honeymoon with God, to bask in God's grace and good gifts that God has given us. Easter is a time to enjoy God's goodness. Easter penetrates deep down into our everyday lives transforming us. Transformation, something some of us will never grasp, implies a change either in external form or in inner nature. Something many of us believe can never really happen.