Easter

I am a Christian because of the very simple yet astonishingly deep idea that on the cross and through his resurrection Jesus destroys the power of death.'

You didn't have to sit through any of the three sermons, so there's the headline of the Easter one. Easter was wonderful. Among many, many other things, there was music, a celebrating community, friends and family and Easter egg hunts in which we re-hid eggs as fast as they were found and unwrapped mini eggs [fairly traded] and then wrapped the silver foil around grapes - The hunters were less than impressed. There was also, most importantly of all, the new life and forgiveness given to us by the risen Christ.

There was also a great opportunity for a piece of installation art, as we transformed a cross from Palm Sunday to good Friday to Easter - with pictures posted here of the cross on Good Friday and Easter Sunday.

I also finally made a prayer tree today that was commissioned three years ago. I still have one commission for a painting that is five years overdue, but when that is done, then I will be up to date. It's good to be able to creative. For some reason that I've never been able to fully understand I have never been able to paint in the dark; it's good that it's getting lighter, in so many ways.