EASTER IMPERFECTION AND NEW LIFE

The season of Easter stretches from Easter Sunday until the day of Pentecost, which will fall on June 9 this year. Easter is a celebration of new life and hope. The context of the first Easter shapes our understanding of the season today. Just as the resurrection did not end the political and personal strife at the time of Jesus, we live resurrected lives by holding in tension the challenges that remain and with the hope that comes with the promise of new life. This season we have chosen the poetry and song of Leonard Cohen to shape our services, looking for the cracks that let in the light of hope and raising our voices together in a broken hallelujah.