April 8, 2026

What a delightful Easter service this past Sunday! A sanctuary filled with the voices and hubbub of people both young and old, celebrating the Risen Christ.

The Church now moves into the time period called by church tradition as the “Great Fifty.” The Great Fifty is the fifty-day period between Easter Sunday and Pentecost Sunday. The liturgical color of the season is white. Alleluias abound! During this time, the church often focuses on the teaching stories found in the Gospel of John.

Over the weekend, I re-read A River Runs Through It by Norman Maclean. What a wonderful Easter story. The novel weaves a story of two sons with fly fishing. I am not a fisherman, though learning how to fly fish appeals to me. Throughout the novel, Maclean writes of redemption in one form or another on almost every page. The narrator (Maclean) writes, “One of life’s quiet excitements is to stand somewhat apart from yourself and watch yourself softly becoming the author of something beautiful…”

This season of resurrection is a wonderful time to be the author of something beautiful.

Rev. Eric