ALLELUIA!!  
CHRIST IS RISEN!!

Happy Easter one and all!  This is one of the high points of the Church year!  After a long (40+ days) Lent, we get to God’s victory over sin and death!  Jesus is raised from the dead, and appears to his followers!  They of course are terrified at first, as this isn’t a really common thing…

Lots of what God does is amazing and terrifying at the same time.  Sometimes even good things can be terrifying!  When God steps in, our lives can be shaken up, or turned over completely!  That of course is a good thing, God stepping in to help, guide, even shove us along the way.

The celebration of the Resurrection of Our Lord is so big that it gets a 50-day season!  Ten days longer than Lent!  As humans, we tend to get to the big day, celebrate it, and move on.  One of my personal practices is to continually shout (yes, I get loud…) “Alleluia!  Christ is Risen!!” every Sunday of this season.  Folks of course respond “Christ is Risen indeed!  Alleluia!!” in return.

I have often heard that it takes about two weeks to get out of the habit of doing something, but it takes 6-8 weeks to get into a habit—especially a good one!  Imagine if we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus for 50 days—7 weeks—imagine the “habit” we could be in!  So I invite you, whether at worship or at home, to keep celebrating Jesus!

CHRIST IS RISEN INDEED!!  ALLELUIA!!