04/08/2026
Dear friends:
Blessings to you this day!
Our Orthodox Christian brothers and sisters describe the week after Easter as "Bright Week." The glow of the Resurrection pervades this season, and we celebrate the life and renewal that God has given us through Jesus Christ.
Christians return in the weeks after Easter to the touchstones of our faith. "Feed my lambs" (John 21:15). The Great Commission. We walk in the footsteps of those wonderful, brave women who first bore witness to the empty tomb. We carry — gently, with wonder, in the power of the Holy Spirit — our little piece of the great Christian story, the Good News, the tradition of our faith. And, as Gustav Mahler said, "Tradition is not the worship of ashes. It is the preservation of fire.”
Happy Bright Week!
In the joy of Christ's Resurrection,
Pastor Van
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