In last week’s Good Friday newsletter, we asked readers what resurrection means to them this year. Here’s what you had to say:
“Living in the Disunited States right now — a country built on stolen land and on the backs of stolen people; where the word ‘Christian’ is being used to commit and defend horrible actions; where churches display Trump signs — is rough, rough, rough.
Looking at the big picture and pessimistically predicting that we will never have fair elections again, I think we are in the Good Friday stage as a country. Emmanuel Damas, Geraldo Campos, Victor Diaz and Alex Pretti join George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Emmett Till, Addie Mae Collins and so many others on crosses.
Resurrection? It will come. Love will have its way. That’s God’s only plan. I guess it comes in small places even now, though, in bits and pieces.”
—Rev. Ing Kalchthaler, Pittsburgh
“Although I am no longer a practising Christian, I was raised and confirmed in the Anglican Church. I have become accustomed to looking at various Christian celebrations and observances through my own spiritual lens. Much of what happened to Jesus around the time of Good Friday and his eventual persecution is still happening to people today. The wars we wage in the name of religion, the killing of innocent people, and the persecution of those deemed aberrant all harken back to the time of Jesus.
What the Ascension signifies for me is hope — a promise that we can rise from our current morass of fear, prejudice and anger to a time of love, acceptance and understanding.”
—Margaret Thompson, Stratford, Ont. |
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