Here we are on the other side of Good Friday. On the other side of death. This lent we have been reminded, more than ever, of the power of death. We have watched with horror the events in Ukraine, let alone all the forgotten conflicts in places like Ethiopia, Syria, and Yemen. We have negotiated our way through another wave of Covid, trying to act in ways the keep each other safe, and grieving those who have succumbed and died. The IPCC released its latest report again drawing our attention to the growing urgency around climate change, as increasingly damaging weather events happen with more frequency. This lent we have been faced with the powers that seek to bring death. And amid that we were invited as our Lenten discipline to pay attention to what brings us life. To make more space for that, and, to let go of those things that deny life. We do that because more than ever we need this life. We do that knowing God is present in all this, looking to bring life in the most hopeless of...
