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Easter Sunday presented itself once again this year, rising, as it were, through the ashes of winter and early spring.  We speak of the easter bunny, the chocolates, the candy, the hunt and the resurrection in the same breath.

I’m not a heathen, nor am I a zealot, so church attendance this year, at least for me, was an optional adventure.  But we started attending a new church, one with, as we discovered, a much looser interpretation of the easter story than we were used to.  The resurrection, in the words of the minister, is the reminder that in our crucifixion moments - in the midst of our deepest trials, we can overcome.  The spirit of Jesus’ memory appeared no less than 14 times throughout the gospels.  His ideals were so present and real he was truly ‘re’-membered.  Brought back into their membership.  I’m not sure how this presents itself as a biblical truth, nor how someone of the cloth can hold to this interpretation and build a career on it, but for whatever reason, I was moved and inspired more in that sermon than in any other in recent memory.  (Granted, that’s not saying a whole lot, but let’s give kudo’s and credit, even when it’s only a three of a kind beating an ace high).

So the bible wanes on, the memory of resurrection rises up and the stone that could not hold back the spirit of the prophet, the rebel and the protester rolls away.

Happy easter weekend to everyone above, below and in the fold.