Dearest Friends in Christ, How we have longed for spring this year, and as I sit to write this article, there is more snow falling! The winter has been hard and has felt long, almost like a Lenten journey that began early and stretched on and on, seemingly without end. But as Lent ends in the glory and joy of Easter, so spring will surely arrive, not merely on the As Christians, we are firmly grounded in the new life revealed to us in the life, ministry, death and resurrection of Jesus. Although Lent leads us to the cross, experience informs us that the cross is not the end, but merely the beginning. The empty tomb has birthed new promise, new hope and new life in the risen Christ, and we This is the Good News – an ancient story, and yet a story that never grows old. It is a tale of courage and faithfulness, of truth and struggle, and of suffering and Blessings, Pastor Gail |