Easter, 8 AM

White is the liturgical color of Easter.

At the 8 AM service the preacher said something that I hadn't realized in over 50 (cough) years of listening to Easter sermons: "It begins and ends in the garden." The beginning, the Fall, occurred in the Garden of Eden. The betrayal, the night before the Crucifixion, occured in the Garden of Gethsemane. And the empty tomb--the symbol of the fear, mystery, and wonder of Christianity--was in the midst of a garden.

Abstention is out, sugar is in.

He asked her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?” Thinking he was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.” Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”).----John 20:15-16

Happy Easter!