As we wrap up and wind
down the month of April, rewind and remember with me. What was one moment this month when joy leapt
in your heart? What is one thanksgiving
you can name right now from the last four weeks? What is one moment you wish you had a mulligan
or do over? When did the ordinary seem
holy? This month, we leaned in,
listened, and learned from the wisdom of Rev. Dr. Howard Thurman who had an
epiphany of God’s presence under a tree in Florida. We waved green palm branches and sang,
“Hosanna”! ~ a heartfelt prayer for God to save us from brokenness. We laid that brokenness and pain down at the
foot of the cross. We came to a tomb,
from which God’s emphatic, “Yes” evoked our “Alleluias”. Last Sunday, we celebrated our Creation
Justice covenant on Earth Day Sunday.
The theologian, Joy Moore says that the God who donated dignity and
divine DNA to dirt at creation does the same for death in the resurrection. Re-read that great quote. Dr. Moore is pointing toward the truth that
Creation has been, is, and always will be God’s first testament and deepest truth. On Easter we focused on the transformation of
a butterfly as an image that can speak, sing, settle into our souls during the
season of Easter. We do this because
butterflies teach and tell us that there is a struggle emerging from the
chrysalis; transformation isn’t easy; and yet change can color our lives in
beautiful ways.
Where is your soul
longing to emerge, unfurl, and shine forth in these days as we turn the
calendar to May? How is God, who blesses
dirt with dignity and divinity blessing your life in new ways? How can we continue to be an Easter-ing
people, individually and collectively, in the coming weeks?
May the season of Easter
continue to guide you and ground you as we seek to live the truth of this holy
time of year. Alleluia. Alleluia.
Amen.
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