It is Easter and new life is around every corner! Quite literally. The trees with their blossoms and buds tells us that life will not be stopped. The daffodils have broken through the soil and are singing the first song of spring. But just the first. There are more songs yet to be sung. Each flower, in its turn, joins the symphony of life that has been unleashed upon the world in this season. And as the chorus grows, the power of God’s life-giving Spirit grows increasingly loud. Can you hear it? … But we do not gather today because of a season of the year. We gather because we remember a day that forever changed history. A day in which Christ was risen, death was defeated, life won out, and you and I were invited into the banquet of eternal life.