one consequence of a first generation protestant tradition is that the church calendar remains defiantly intellectual where it is not brazenly commercialized. which is where easter and lent fall, discounting the bunnies. protestants don't really do self-denial and reflection at all well, so i often feel a guilty twinge that the period before easter feels no different from the period before christmas or the period after independence day or whatever.
i have an epiphany of sorts this year. the veil, i remember, is rent. the stone is rolled away. i live in the light of the power and triumph of the resurrection, which alone gives meaning to the shame and defeat of the cross, and by God's grace i live in this through all portions of his calendar.
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