Let us now proclaim that death has no power over us for Christ is Risen! He is risen indeed! This to me is the most powerful declaration we can make as Christians, one we will make again on Saturday, April 8 at our annual Easter Vigil service, as we usher in the amazing holiday of Easter.

What is saving your life today? This question, asked long ago by my first (now retired) spiritual director, is one I have been paying attention to lately. It might seem like a big and unwieldy question, but really, it is usually the little things that save us. Today, a Saturday, for me it was the gift of a good night’s sleep followed by a cold morning run with Josie, my dog. Some days it can just be the sunshine pouring through the windows.

What is saving your life today? It seems like it is a good question for us to ask ourselves during the 50-day season between Easter Day and Pentecost. I wonder what your answer would be, and how it might differ from day to day? I’ll have an easel up in the back of the sanctuary starting on Sunday, April 16 with some post it notes where you are

invited to share your responses.
Of course, our answer each and every day could be the same. We are saved by the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Because of Jesus, we have a God who knows what it means to be fully human. Because of Jesus, there is nothing in life we have to fear, because Jesus is wherever we are, and Jesus has experienced the full range of human emotions.

Because of Jesus, we know that nothing in neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God (Romans 8:38-39).

Happy Easter! Thanks be to God!
And as always
Fear Not
Pastor Dianne

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