Opinion: Time for new life and fresh growth after a figurative winter that\u0027s lasted three years. Regardless of one\u0027s world view, it\u0027s a time to enter a new…
“During these times, as we hear the Scriptures and listen to ancient hymns, I feel a solidarity with all those, around the world, who are waiting. Waiting for the power to be turned back on … waiting for news of loved ones in war-torn areas amidst missile strikes … waiting to recover that feeling of home,” said Francis.
Rev. Peter Elliott, retired dean of Christ Church Cathedral who is in private practice as a coach, says in this stress-filled era, Canadians long for a sense of renewed expectation. Elliott is drawn to West Coast “nurse logs” as an Easter metaphor. “Nurse logs are lying-down trees that, having lived several hundred years as standing trees, are now into a second career as homes for other trees. What seemed to be dead in fact gives life to new growth. As churches celebrate Easter this year — even as many of them are moving into decline — nature provides us with a parable that rhymes with the ancient Easter story of new life out of death.
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