So let it come!
It’s awfully late for not rising and resurrection is the wildest news that’s ever touched this crazy, mixed-up world.
It says, Yes! When everything else says, No! It says, Up! When everything else says, Down! It says, Live! When everything else says, Die!
Yes, Easter really wants to come, so don’t you see that stone has got to go?
That Stone of fear of selfishness and pride of greed and blindness
and all the other things we use to keep Jesus in the tomb.
So here’s to rolling stones away to give our Lord the chance.
He needs to rise and touch a troubled, lonely world.
Some call it resurrection.
It’s wild with wonder, its beautiful and real.
Intent on throwing life around, it touches and it heals!
Yes, Easter, you can come!
I’II roll the stone away and set you free.
May we so live that awe may awaken in us, as we embrace the relationship that is ours with every creature.
May reverence for each difference fill our lives, may desire for communion motivate our living. And may we give birth to our creativity, that justice may flourish for all creation in our time.
Amen