The Christian Easter story tells us that life is not solely decline and devastation, but also fresh beginnings and new growth. You will weep and mourn, but the world will celebrate. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy. A woman suffers pain when she gives birth because the time has come. When her child is born, in her joy she no longer remembers her labor because a human being has come into the world.
Easter is more than an old myth.
It is many contemporary experiences. It is an authentic and ever-current prospect for all people. When we expose our thinking to fresh directions of knowledge and reflection . . . When we expose our souls to fresh ways of caring and affection . . . When we expose our lives to fresh avenues of development and meaning . . .