Christ has risen!

Easter services at our little church tend towards the weird.

Yesterday, we celebrated the power of Good over Evil, of Light over Darkness, of Peace over War, of Life over Death. As we did so, we tore the blackened coverings from our windows letting light flood in our sanctuary.

Confetti was cast from friends' hands over our heads, fluttering down like colorful rain on a brown land.

Balloons fell from heaven and were batted about with enthusiastic joy by children and adults alike.

Noisemakers sounded, horns honked, songs were sung, strange dances were danced, people laughed and cried and hooted and hollered. Justice rolled down like a mighty water, in the community God had created in this strange and barren land and in the love shared between us.

Yeah, Easter at our church tends towards the weird.

And Christ has risen, indeed.