So what about after Easter?
The first Easter morning marked a significant point in history. From that point on, there would always be a "before" and an "after." So what does that mean for us today? Is there a "before" and an "after" for us? Is Easter just another Sunday in the midst of an already overbooked and overstressed culture? Even as Christians, do we mark the significance of the day with a "before" and an "after?"
Before Easter 2008, I was ________ and after Easter 2008 I will __________.
What do you put in those blanks? Is it a day of recommitment? Is it a day to remember? Is it a day for new beginnings? Is it a day, like New Year's Day, that marks the end of something old and the beginning of something new? I'm reminded of something I read from Nouwen during this past season of Advent:
People who wait have received a promise that allows them to wait. They have received something that is at work in them, like a seed that has started to grow. This is very important. We can really wait only if what we are waiting for has already begun in us. So waiting is never a movement from nothing to something. It is always a movement from something to something more...So what about after Easter?
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