April 3, 2021. The Easter Vigil. A short spoken meditation based on Genesis 2.4b-9, Isaiah 12.2-6, Luke 24.1-12. I’m exploring the ways Easter comes toward us to bring the justice that always seems to miss us, the sacred justice that will enlist us if we will follow where Easter leads us—into the new humanity God desires for us—so that we can be a blessing to all that dwells on and in the Earth, our common home.

Easter always follows what gives it meaning—the agony of Friday’s crucifixion and the anxiety of Saturday’s painful waiting. Those two days frame our lives. They are symbols of the reality of our humanity; they show us how to live humanly and humanely.

We know the reality of pain and death. We know what it means to wait and wonder if good will ever come out of what is bad. . . .