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6 March
Easter Message
You don’t have to look too far to find a drama series or film about zombies. There seems to be a “walking dead” fascination, in serious or comic mode. But I was surprised to hear someone refer to Easter as “the Zombie Apocalypse, starring Jesus.” It was funny in its context, but carried the implied criticism that Easter is a silly wish fulfilment of those who will believe in practically anything. There can be a lot of silliness and insincerity around the practice of celebrating Easter, but the message of the Easter story itself is far more than a religious selling point. It is a way of expressing the central belief that life is tragic, but not ultimately so.
27 March But the story of Jesus does not end with his tragic death. The stories of the “resurrection” are Jesus’ followers’ way of saying that Jesus was not just a fading memory. Teachings that left them puzzled before his death became their way of life after his resurrection. The way Jesus actually embodied the presence of God was how they came to express the “spirit” in them after the resurrection.
And the reign of God? Jesus always said it was present among them, but they could never quite accept that in a world dominated by the Roman Empire. After the resurrection, the reign of God was their way of life. The resurrection is not a story of a zombie stalking the earth. It is a story of life that ultimately The story leading up to Easter, the overcomes the tragedy that we’ve all been “crucifixion”, tells how Jesus was condemned taught to recognize as real life. to death, falsely accused of religious blasphemy and political rebellion - an all too This Easter, whether you are a religious familiar tragedy of hubris by the powerful person or not, I invite you to talk about and suffering by the innocent. The tragic resurrection. In the end, resurrection is not storyline that we’ve all grown accustomed to about the walking dead; it is about those is that money talks, power wins and anyone who have found new life. Rev Michael Hunt, St Mary’s who pretends otherwise needs to “get real”.
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