From NIW,
and from Fred Clark, the Slacktivist.
Edited to add a nice little bit from Milton at Don’t Eat Alone:
When we were in Greece a couple of years ago, we arrived on the Saturday before Orthodox Easter and walked down from our hotel in Athens to the vigil that turned into celebration at midnight. One of the men at the hotel taught the Greek Easter greeting Ginger and me.
One person says, “Christos anisti.”
The other responds, “Alethos anisti.”(I think I transliterated it correctly.) He then translated:
“The first person says, ‘Christ is risen,’ and the second person says, ‘He really did it.’”
As we wait for the Resurrection, may we tell the story in words we all understand.
Edited again ’cause I keep finding great stuff: Pastor Dan from Street Prophets with some thoughts from his sunrise sermon.
Last edit, I promise! But this was too good not to include: PeaceBang’s sermon from this morning, entitled “Easter Can Be Small, and Resurrection Come Slowly”:
New life is a blessing. But it is also new, and newness means change. Change, even change for the better, can be a real strain on our emotions and our spirits. How does the addict, newly sober, come out of the darkness of alcoholism and into the light of sobriety? Some come rejoicing and grateful, some come dragging their heels and full of argument.
That last gives me the uneasy feeling that PeaceBang has been reading my mail. Dragging my heels and full of argument? Moi? Uh, yeah.
…and what makes you think he is “risen” as a MAN ?
Heck, “he” could be risen as a 54 year old white woman, born in California, living in Alabama. You never know.
invisible
March 23rd, 2008
Thanks for the shout-out. The phrase “full of argument” comes from the Mary Oliver poem “When Death Comes.” I thought it was from somewhere and had that guilty “I plagiarized” feeling until I came across it again today!
Rock on, and happy Easter season.
PeaceBang
April 3rd, 2008