Many will have had a very creative year, with all the marks of resurrection upon it. We rejoice and give thanks for this. The Cross is the mark of their ministry. Let us recall that between Good Friday and Easter Sunday lies that forgotten long day of Saturday. For those who live in the experience of resurrection we need to remember it is ours because of the cost of Friday and absence or non-being of Saturday.
New life breaks through even the darkest of places.
I have recently caught up with a book I have wanted to explore for a long time. It is George Steiner's 'Real Presences. There is one particular day in Western history about which neither historical record not myth nor Scripture make report. It is a Saturday. And it has become the longest of days.